Monthly Archives: March 2015

Work on research.

Finish “Easy Way Out” summary and response, and response, due in class on Wednesday.

Response question:

Do you think kids should be shielded from competition at a young age? Why or why not? Use specific points from the article and discuss them to make your point. Also include evidence from personal experiences, past readings, or things you’ve seen or heard about to help support your thesis.

Bring a page to class Monday with:

Name
Topic
Thesis
3 reputable sources
– Title and author, if it’s a book or article
– Title, author, and URL if it’s an online source

• Bring your outline of your research project to turn in on Monday
• Bring your rewritten descriptive essay to turn in on Monday
• Watch the video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6enxeLsG7o (also in the Documents section on OpenLab) and fill out the In-Text Citations worksheet with the answers from the video. Do this by class Wednesday.

MEET IN FRONT OF THE LIBRARY AT CLASS TIME ON MONDAY

Have a specific topic ready in class on Wednesday for your research paper. Be sure it’s specific, and I would suggest doing a little browsing before class to be sure you can find information on this topic and that it’s neither too broad nor too narrow.

Look at pages 569-579 in The River Reader. This is important information about research paper writing.

Rewrite your descriptive essay – this is due Monday. In the “Douments” section at the top, I have included some information on the difference between a narrative and a descriptive essay. Remember, in a narrative you tell the story of what happened to you. In a description, you describe steps to complete a process or a specific place, event, or person.

Read “The Order of Things” on pages 223-250 in The River Reader and be prepared to discuss on Monday.

Think of something you are very familiar with, such as different brands of a similar product or different companies providing similar services and rank them. Include reasons for your rankings and be prepared to share in class on Monday. Your reasons should be based on logic or performance rather than emotion or guesses.

Read the essay “Five Myths about Immigration” on pages 227-232 in The River Reader and be prepared to discuss it in class.

Continue studying pages 1-12 in Rules of Thumb.

Read Rules of Thumb pages 83-84.

Study Rules of Thumb pages 3-12. (You should not need to study every word, just focus on the ones that give you trouble.)

You descriptive essay is due in class on Monday.

Read “Third World Driving Hints and Tips” on pages 133-137 in The River Reader.

As a comment on this post, answer these questions before class on Wednesday:

What do you think the purpose of this essay is?
Who is the intended audience for this essay?
How do you think an unintended audience (for instance, the “natives” mentioned in the essay) would feel reading this author’s description of driving behavior in their country?

NOTE: Descriptive essay due on Monday.