For the final draft of your Summary Essay, please follow these directions: 1. If

For the final draft of your Summary Essay, please follow these directions:
1. If you use any direct quotations OR if you paraphrase/put into your own words any information from any sources — outside sources or the sources I provided — you need to use signal phrases, in-text citations, and create a Works Cited page. ***Since everyone in the class used information from the two sources I provided, I will expect to see, at the very least, in-text citations and a Works Cited page for those two sources. If you used any other sources, including Youtube videos, online encyclopedias, web articles, etc., you will need to cite those in-text and add them to your works cited page.***
At this point in the course, you’ve learned about plagiarism, MLA format, and how to cite information. If you do not cite your sources and provide a Works Cited page, I will assume that your paper is plagiarized, and you will be subjected to the disciplinary actions outlined in the course syllabus. Let’s please all avoid this by making sure that we use proper citations and provide Works Cited page!!
2. Your final draft must be AT MINIMUM 500 words. Points will be deducted if your paper is less than 500 words. You are certainly welcome to write more than 500 words if you wish, but remember what Shakespeare said- brevity is the soul of wit.
3. You may not simply resubmit your draft without making any revisions. I will not grade it, and I will reassign the essay to you to complete again. You should have completed several videos and readings on how to revise a rough draft, so I am intentionally looking to see whether you applied the information you learned from the videos to your final draft. This includes, among other things, checking your signal phrases and in-text citations, checking to see if you revised your grammar (I don’t expect grammar to be perfect, since we have only just started discussing it in class, but at least make an attempt at editing it), looking at whether your thesis is in the form of an argument that can be supported with details, and looking to see whether your supporting points are introduced in the introductory paragraph. If you haven’t already, please make sure you complete the readings and watch the videos on revision.