Wednesday, May 1st, 2013: Essay Writing Day

North Korea Essay
You will be writing an essay today in which you explain as much as you can about the situation in North Korea. Your thesis will be something like:

• In order to understand the situation in North Korea, there are a lot of things you need to understand.

 Your paper will then have sections (in your notes from last class) that explain all of those things.

Paper Requirements:

1. Each paragraph must have sufficient evidence from supporting sources (textbook, Stephen Colbert, John Daily, ABC News, or other sources. 50% of your evidence must use directly quoted material from the source.
2. Evidence from sources must be cited.  See the bottom of page 2 of this example.
3. The paper must be formatted like this this example.
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Resources:

• North Korea: Answering Children's Questions (with transcript)
• MLA Guide