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| Current chapters: "Writing
a Research Paper"
in your text (pages 557-629) and "The Dreams of the Dead" in The Perfect
Storm. |
"What
makes me happy is rewriting . . . . It's like cleaning
house, getting rid of all the junk, getting things in the
right order, tightening things up." Ellen Goodman,
Journalist
In Class Agenda:
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Group Project on Rogerian
Argument: Research and plan your group presentations today -- see who can
teach us about this kind of argument with the most ZING! |
| Play with PowerPoint -- organize your thoughts for the
research paper by learning to use this
tool.
 | Choose a background suitable to your topic. |
| Make a title slide with your spiffy "colonated" title
and your byline. |
| Make a slide that concisely states your thesis |
| Make at least one more that gives three reasons why your
readers should agree with you about your thesis. |
| Make a concluding statement. |
| Time permitting, we will show these on the overhead! |
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Responding to
Literature |
| Read "A Worn Path" in your text. It
is also available online here. In order to fully appreciate the
short story, you should read it more than once--preferably three times.
Make notes of interesting images and writing techniques. |
Due on Wednesday:
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Current Event -- Find an interesting current event,
preferably
in your field of interest. Try to find something that isn't obviously
well known by everyone else -- find a "gem" or "jewel" of lesser-known
information that will be intriguing to the rest of the class. Print out
or keep the article for your reference. Type or handwrite a short
summary of the event on an index card. Include the current event number
and a correct citation to the source. Only the card needs to be
turned in.
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Have the current
chapter in TPS well read. I'm working on an essay question
for this chapter.
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This Wednesday:
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Your
First Draft of the Persuasive Research Paper is due for review on Wednesday.
Remember to check the assignment to see what all is required with your paper on
that day.
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