Final Essays
Directions:
Use your textbook, Tuckman & Monetti (2013), Chapter 4 (uploaded here in the Final Essays Module) and at least five (5) journal articles provided for you in this Module to answer the following essay questions:
Quotes and paraphrases from the source material are expected to be applied to your
discussion to support your answers.
APA writing requirements are expected for in-text citations and a references page.
1) How can socioeconomic class affect the achievement gap? (at least two (2) pages, double-spaced, APA for in-text citations)
2) How are students’ experiences in school influenced by their ethnicity and culture? (at least two (2) pages, double-spaced, APA for in-text citations).
3) Discuss the importance of family involvement in the students’ learning process to promote academic success. (at least one (1) page, double-spaced, APA for in-text citations).
4) In what ways can you, as a classroom teacher, become a more culturally competent educator? (at least one (1) page, double-spaced, APA for in-text citations).
5) What specific approaches and concrete steps can you incorporate in your classroom to enable students of various ethnic and cultural backgrounds to learn more effectively? (at least one (1) page, double-spaced, APA for in-text citations)
6) How might you help an English Language Learner become successful in a class that you teach? (at least one (1) page, double-spaced, APA for in-text citations).
See writing requirements below
Do’s
Don’ts
Put a References page at the end of the paper with essays
Don’t use “I” statements (I think, I feel…are unacceptable)
Use lots of in-text citations
Don’t make any statement without research and theory to back it up
Add a page number in the parenthetical citation
(author, date, p.___)
Don’t use websites, or online magazines etc. Only use Chapter 4 and the journal articles uploaded under Final Essays Module
Use the owl-purdue website to check your APA format before submitting your essays for a grade.
See below for link
Don’t take entire paragraphs or multiple sentences from the journal articles and embed them within your essays. Instead, use phrases, sentence fragments.
Do paraphrase from the journal articles to blend the source material with your discussion. However, still cite it.
Even though the questions seem to ask for personal responses, don’t write it with “I think” I feel” sentences, instead construct declarative sentences, statements of fact (I’ll know it is your opinion).
https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_formatting_and_style_guide/apa_sample_paper.html
