Write a Reading Response Essay about Naylor/the Meaning of a Word.
• Read the reading(s) provided carefully and more than once.
• You will have several days to work on this essay.
Day 1: Sit down for 50 minutes and handwrite your prewriting and drafting. Remember to write on every other line to allow for revisions and editing.
Day 2: Sit down for 50 minutes and handwrite a good revision, one that you would feel good about turning in for a grade. Remember to write on every other line to allow for revisions and editing.
o Day 3: Revise and type your final essay using MLA format. Your essay should be at least one-and-a-half pages double-spaced.
• Choose one option and make sure you put the option number on your final typed essay.
Read the questions carefully and make sure your essay answers the one you choose.
• Remember to include:
¦ an introduction with a thesis
¦ discussion and conclusion
¦ supporting examples, experiences, observations, details, and description
¦ summaries and/or paraphrases from the original source material
¦ at least one direct quotation from the original source material
¦ appropriate lead-in phrases (phrases like "In the article, Smith suggests...", "according to...", "Smith states:...")
¦ proper in-text citation in MLA style
¦ works cited entry for the reading (See the example after Leong's essay on p. 485.)