Computer Usage
Steps
1.
Sign out a computer from the cart, turn
it on and sign in (First Name. Last Name… and same password from last year…
even if you are in Grade 10). If you are from a different school, see me to get
a sign in registered.
2.
Click
on the magnifying glass at the top right-hand corner of the page and type in: word
3.
Select: word
2013
4.
Click on: Blank Document (if stuff appears on the screen before this, just
“X” it)
5.
We now should have a blank page
6.
It is important that you save now and then
save often!
7.
To save, click “file” in the top left of the
screen
8.
Go to “save as” on the left of the screen
9.
Double-click “browse” on the bottom right of
screen
10.
Double-click on “this P.C.” on the left of
the screen
11.
Then scroll down on the right for your name.
This is your “Y” drive
12. Create a new folder by clicking on “new folder” on the
bar at the top left of your screen and give this folder your last name and
class name (e.g.; Benoit ELAB10)
13. Save this word page you have opened in this folder as:
(your last name) Introductory Paragraph
(Personality Paragaph)
14. BE SURE TO ALSO SAVE IT IN YOUR USB!!!!
MLA FIRST PAGE SET-UP
15. On that page, go
to “insert” and then to “Page Number.”: Then click on “top of the page”
16. Choose “Plain Number 3”
a. Type in your last name BEFORE the number and then put a
space between your name and the number.
b. Go to the end of this line. After the number, press ENTER
c.
Exit
header by clicking on the page (then save).
17. Right click your
mouse/pad
a.
Scroll
down to “paragraph” and click on it.
b.
Near
the middle bottom of the page, you will see “spacing”. You must make sure that
both the “before” and “after” spacing are at 0.
c.
Now
look at “Line Spacing.”
Make sure it is on double (save in order
to ensure you don’t lose this!)
d.
Now,
go to the bar at the top of the screen above your Microsoft document. Where it
has the type, put “Times New Roman” (it probably starts up as “Calibri”. Where
is says the font size, put it to 12 (it probably starts up as “10”).
18. Read page 6 of
your “MLA Citation Booklet” or page 173 and 188 in the text Fit to Print for further layout details concerning first
page introduction information, title layout, and indenting.
19. You must log off
at the end of a class. Go to the four boxes on the bottom left of the page and right click on it. You will then click
on “shut down or sign out” .
20.
Be
sure to plug your computer in when you put it in the cart.
How to Write a
Critical Analysis Essay Introduction in Seven Sentences (general layout)
Sentence one: SENTENCE ONE INTRODUCES YOUR TOPIC
This
should be a general statement that indicates an
aspect of human nature and ties to your topic. It is meant to
get the reader to understand
your topic and to get them
interested in reading further.
e.g.,
Topic: Violence
Example first
sentence:
“It is a reality of life that not all people will
agree with a major decision or the outcome of an argument.”
Sentence Two:
This
sentence must be a continuation of what you stated in sentence one.
This sentence should show the result(s) of what you have written in sentence
one (still focusing on the
topic, yet getting closer
to your thesis).
Example second
sentence:
“Because opinions differ, and what is good for one
person may not be good for another, a solution often cannot be found;
therefore, the disagreement may lead to a further outbreak of violence.
Sentence Three:
This
sentence must introduce the genre
(type of text: essay,
short story, poem, play, novel, etc.), the name of the writer, the title of the work, and an overview of the plot. Some
ways to do this are presented below (I would memorize these as you will use
them repeatedly):
“In the short story, __________,
___________ introduces the main character, ________,
Who _________________.”
OR
“In
the novel, _______________, written by _____________, the reader is introduced
to
___________________
who ____________________.”
Example third
sentence:
“In the novel, Lord of the
Flies, written by William G. Golding, readers are introduced
to a group of English Schoolboys who find themselves stranded on a tropical
island.
Sentences Four, Five, and Six:
The
next three sentences should be summaries concerning the action of the story that supports the details required by
the lead question (summaries that will be needed to show the story in a
way that will support your
thesis). Usually, sentence
four will be the beginning, sentence five will be the middle, and sentence six
will be the end:
Example
sentences four, five and six:
“The plane that the boys were on was originally
taking them away from England for their own safety, as there was a war raging there.
When they first discover that they are indeed
stranded and without adult supervision, the boys are able to establish a number
of rules that aid
the boys in maintaining a sense of what they define as civility.
However, as time passes, their system fails and the boys
begin to behave like barbarians; they even go so far as to hunt down their own.”
Sentence Seven:
This
final sentence of the introduction is the thesis statement. This sentence states exactly
what the thesis (arguable
opinion that you trying to prove) is and what the writer will discuss in
the following paragraphs to prove the thesis is a sound one (the main points). The wording of the
information in this sentence will also show the reader the order in which the writer will discuss/present
the main points needed to prove the thesis.
Sample
Sentence Seven:
“ When one examines the adults’ inability to avoid war,
the children’s attempts to follow the same ineffectual system that their adult
counterparts use, and their eventual inability to maintain control and order amongst their small ranks,
it becomes clear that violence,
once it exists, is nearly
impossible to curb.”
“It is a reality
of life that not all people will agree with a major decision or the outcome of
an argument. Because opinions differ, and what is good for one person may not
be good for another, a solution often cannot be found; therefore, the
disagreement may lead to a further outbreak of violence.
In the novel, Lord
of the Flies, written by William G.
Golding, readers are introduced to a group of English schoolboys who find
themselves stranded on a tropical island. The plane that the boys were on was
originally taking them away from England for their own safety, as there was a war raging there. When they
first discover that they are indeed stranded and without adult supervision, the
boys are able to establish a number of rules that aid the boys in maintaining a sense of what they
define as civility. However, as time passes, their system fails and the boys
begin to behave like barbarians; they even go so far as to hunt down their own. When one
examines the adults’ inability
to avoid war, the children’s attempts to follow the same ineffectual system that
their adult counterparts use, and their eventual inability to maintain control and order amongst
their small ranks, it becomes clear that violence, once it exists, is nearly impossible to
curb.”
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