1. Write a brief description of your source that contains media. (If you have more than one, pick your favorite.) What's the title? Who wrote it? When? What is it about? What media does it contain? If it doesn't contain media, what media will you create? 2. Practice integrating a paraphrase and/or quotation from one of your sources using the "traditional" strategy.

3. Practice integrating a paraphrase and/or quotation from one of your sources by embedding it in the sentence.

4. Practice integrating a paraphrase and/or quotation from one of your sources using the "parenthetical citation" strategy.

5. Write a sentence or two paraphrasing a passage or piece of information from one of your sources. When you're done, pull out the source and cross-check what you wrote with the source. Did you use any of the same language? If so, cross it out and revise.

6. Look at each of your sources and list the publication information to determine how you would cite them in your essay. Then list the parenthetical citations here.

7. Draft the introduction paragraph of your argumentative essay.

8. Now draft at least two body paragraphs that integrate information from your sources. You may find it necessary to write more paragraphs depending on how you outlined your essay and how much information you were able to find from your sources.

9. Draft the conclusion paragraph of your essay.

Drag the tiles to the correct boxes to complete the pairs. match each paragraph to its corresponding purpose. tiles: instructs describes persuades narrates pairs before you purchase a used car from a dealer or an individual, there are important steps you must take. first, examine the car using an inspection checklist, which you can download and print from many websites. then test-drive the car under a variety of road conditions, making sure that it handles well in many situations. finally, ask for the car’s maintenance report and make sure you understand any repairs made on the car. arrowboth "good morning, sal! " uncle freddie said. " for coming in so early today." uncle freddie danced as he spoke. sal yawned. he did not know how his uncle woke up so cheerfully before dawn every day. uncle freddie placed a tray of cookies in front of sal. "i need you to decorate these," he said. he handed sal several tubes of icing. arrowboth the hole created by the meteorite's impact, known as the barringer meteorite crater, can still be seen today. it is one mile wide and over 550 feet deep—20 football games could be played at the same time on its floor, and more than two million people could watch from its sloping sides. arrowboth you know the feeling: it’s minutes until the school bus comes, but you just rolled out of bed, threw on some clothes, barely brushed your teeth, and now you’re racing out the door to catch the bus. you skip breakfast again. that’s three days this week alone! it’s no wonder, then, that by second period you start to feel awful, with your stomach grumbling and your eyelids drooping. my fellow classmates, listen up! you may be surprised by how a few simple changes in your life can have a huge effect on how you feel morning, noon, and night! arrowboth