Michaela Kayal 3/17/17

On this St. Patrick's day in class, we first learned about how to craft a strong body paragraph and integrate quotes. The paragraph we briefly examined with our group had many mistakes. There was no quote integration, no citation, and the analysis was garbage. The analysis did not extract evidence from the quote nor connect it to the overall theme of the paragraph. We learned that it is essential to integrate the quotes as part of the sentence. Mr. Rivers informed us that a person should never begin a sentence with a quote, and it should always be introduced. The example we examined did not introduce the quote, but then Mr. Rivers showed us an edited version: "Many point to the enchanting characters and high quality Disney storytelling, which create a world,"so vivid and so natural that you almost take for granted [the characters] appear to be mechanical objects clicking and whirling with human characters" (Scott). This example correctly integrated the quote while giving specific context. The reason we looked over these editing techniques was to benefit out drafting process. Now that most of us have a draft we need to edit, adjust,  and manipulate to get maximum integration. We learned to improve style to be not just accurate but sophisticated. For the rest of the class people either worked on the finishing touches of their critical reviews or their senior paper drafts. Since the critical review is due Monday this is the last class day to work on it. So, overall it was a very classic class day.