Spanish+Heritage+Essay

=Tampa Hispanic Heritage, Inc.= =2016- 29th Annual Essay Contest= Entries must be postmarked by May 6, 2016

**2016 Topic: Overcoming Challenges: Hispanics in the United States**
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 * Students will demonstrate strategic thinking and reasoning by**
 * 1) uncovering and selecting relevant and credible evidence to support analysis, critiques, debates, claims and judgments.
 * 2) sustaining inquiry into topics or deeper problems, applying to the real world.
 * Students will demonstrate extended thinking by**
 * 1) researching and synthesizing from multiple resources.
 * 2) planning, organizing and modifying to create a final product, the essay.

Sample Essay with Works Cited List and with in-text Citations


 * To Begin**
 * **Create a wiki page for your notes. Call it HispanicNotesCodeinitials. Organize your notes by sources. Use the links at the bottom of this page as your sources of information.**
 * **Create a wiki page for your essay. Call it HispanicEssayCodeinitials. Your Works Cites list and your essay with in-text citation will go here.**


 * The Research Process - Getting Started**
 * Read Collect Your Thoughts on MyOn (AR Quiz # 156361)
 * Read Think for Yourself - Avoiding Plagiarism on MyON (AR Quiz # 156368)
 * Watch Plagiarism video
 * Watch In-Text Citations How-to (Flow of Information) video
 * Watch Web Search Strategies video
 * Annotations: Who, What, Where, When, Why


 * Outline/Diagram **
 * **Create a knowledge web diagram using Open Office Draw. Export from Open Office, then upload to your HeritageNotes wiki page.**
 * Sample Diagram 1**

Sample Diagram 2


 * Create a Works Cited List**
 * ** Use EasyBib to create a works cited list in MLA format. Add an annotation for each entry to explain how you know it is a valid source of information for your topic. The Works Cited list with annotations must be on your HispanicEssay wiki page. **
 * ** Enter a thesis statement at the top of your HeritageEssay page. **
 * ** Finally, begin to write the essay. Be sure to cite your sources in the essay using MLA format. **


 * Possible Resources to Use**
 * 1) National Hispanic Heritage Month 2014 (.gov website)
 * 2) Library of Congress and LOC Florida Folklife and LOC Digital Collections and LOC Hispanic and Portuguese Collections and LOC Hispanic Reading Room
 * 3) Latinos in History
 * 4) CountryReports.org (get login information during SpanTech)
 * 5) World Factbook Maps
 * 6) CIA World FactBook
 * 7) FactMonster.com/World
 * 8) Wikipedia in English
 * 9) ** Celebrate Hispanic Heritage -- **
 * 10) ** Hispanic Heritage .org - started by the White House -- ****
 * 11) PEW data
 * 12) Peace Corps Culture Handbook

=ICT Rubric for Sources, Citations and Works Cited= . || Cited 1 source of information accurately using in-text MLA format ||
 * **NOTE: No in-text citations will result in a 0% for the essay for technology. The work will be considered to be plagiarized.** ||
 * || **4 points** || **3 points** || **2 points** || **1 point** ||
 * ~ Assessment for Sources and Annotations  ||
 * ** Selection of Sources ** || Identified at least 4 highly appropriate sources for topic. 1 may be a personal interview. || Identified 3 appropriate sources for topic. 1 may be a personal interview. || Identified 2 appropriate sources for topic. 1 may be a personal interview. || Identified 1 appropriate source for topic. May be a personal interview. ||
 * ** Annotations ** || All sources annotated in Works Cited List to state evidence of validity. All annotations in bullet point under the appropriate source. || Annotated in Works Cited list 3 sources with evidence of validity of source for topic. All annotations in bullet point under the appropriate source. || Annotated in Works Cited list 2 sources with evidence of validity of source for topic. All annotations in bullet point under the appropriate source. || Annotation in Works Cited list for 1 source with evidence of validity. Annotation in bullet point under the List. ||
 * ** Assessment for Notes and Graphic Organization ** ||
 * ** Quality of Notes ** || Extracted relevant information from at least 4 sources. Paraphrased in own words. || Extracted relevant information from at least 3 sources. - Paraphrased in own words. || Extracted relevant information from at least 2 sources. Paraphrased in own words. || Extracted relevant information from 1 source. Paraphrased in own words. ||
 * ** Note-taking Organization ** || Notes from 4 sources organized by source with URL to the source and annotation of the source. || Notes from 3 sources organized by source with URL to the source and annotation of the source. || Notes from at least 2 sources organized by source and with annotations of the sources || Notes from 1 source with annotation of the source ||
 * ** Graphic or Outline Organization ** || Graphic organizer or outline on wiki notes page with thesis statement, main idea #1, main idea #2, main idea #3, and extended supporting details for the main ideas. || Graphic organizer or outline on wiki notes page with thesis statement, main idea #1, main idea #2, main idea #3, and some supporting details for the main ideas. || Graphic organizer or outline on wiki notes page with thesis statement, main idea #1, main idea #2, main idea #3, and few supporting details for the main ideas. || Graphic organizer or outline on wiki notes page with thesis statement, main idea #1, main idea #2, main idea #3, and no supporting details for the main ideas. ||
 * ** Assessment for Works Cited, In- ** **Text Citations and Digital Citizenship** ||
 * **Works Cited List** || All sources in MLA format. || 3 sources in MLA format. || 2 sources in MLA format. || 1 source in MLA format. ||
 * ** Citations & Documentation ** || Cited all sources of information accurately using in-text MLA format || Cited 3 sources of information accurately using in-text MLA format || Cited 2 sources of information accurately using in-text MLA format
 * ** Digital Citizenship ** || Cited all sources of information. No information was plagiarized. || Made 1 error in citing information. No information was plagiarized. || Made 2-3 mistakes in citing information. No information was plagiarized. || Numerous errors in citations ||