Argumentative Essay- Introduction. Your introduction is where you lay the foundation for your argument. It s made up of a hook, background information, and a claim statement. SAMPLE INTRODUCTIONS. Hook-Background Information-Claim Statement. Example Introductory Paragraph-Death Penalty.
ENG4UESSAYS CONCISE WRITING. Concise writing means finding the right words to make the clearest point. 1. REPLACE VAGUE WORDS WITH SPECIFIC ONES Wordy: The teacher talked about several of the merits of extra-curricular sports in her speech.
Midterm: English III. Purpose: A midterm should reflect a student s learning from the first semester. This learning should present itself through concepts, themes, and conclusions, based on the state standards.
ChallengerLearningCenter of San Antonio. 7th Grade Language Arts and Reading TEKS Correlation. Comet Mission. Lang. Arts / ReadingTEKS Simulator/Prep Book Activities. Read Informational Texts: All Mission Control and Space Station positions.
Pudd nhead Wilson. Humanities II Summer Reading Assignment. Pudd nhead Wilson by Mark Twain; ISBN: 0-553-21158-7. While reading the novel, please annotate the text for examples of the terms of culture on the handout entitled What is Culture? under the section Terms to Know. Content Standards.
The Archetype of the Hero s Journey. INDEPENDENT NOVEL ASSIGNMENT:DIALECTICAL JOURNAL. A good reader summarizes what he or she has read, asks questions of the text, supports what he or she thinks about the text by citing passages from the text, and links.
Writing Strategy #2: Writing Summaries from Annotations. What is a summary? A summary is a reader s brief statement or set of statements which communicates the central message of a larger chunk of information. Sometimes we call this central message the.
overall response. elements (e.g.,setting, mood, character, theme). use of quotations; text references. appears confused by the text and/or the task; makes rash, unsupported judgments. attempts to summarize, but misinterprets key elements; interpretation may be superficial and/or faulty.
PROJECT ONE/ENGLISH 1A/UTSLER/ASSIGNMENT SHEET/Final Draft Due: In Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat , Hal Herzog explains a shift in his career. He first studied animals; he now studies connections between humans and animals. One critic comments.
IDS 101 IEssay 3Due: Apr. 17. In your first essay you used narrative and description to develop an idea. The second essay required you to focus on analysis. Your third essay will require you to synthesize information. You ll still get to use narrative.
Semester 1 Composition. E-mail Assignment. This assignment requires you to write an email to your teacher. The writing will call upon you to review your Facebook, Twitter, Vine, Path, Instagram, or Tumblr account. (If you do not have a social network.
John F. Kennedy High School - Spring 2017. Expository Reading and Writing Course (ERWC) Mrs. Koskela. Class Expectations, Class Policies, and Course Objectives. My expectations for all students are listed below. If you do all of these things, you will be successful in this class.
Referencing Guide. Using the Harvard Referencing System. Based on information from ACU National (2005. When using the Harvard System, you need to reference within your assignment withauthor/date, theninclude a r eference list (or bibliography) at the end of your text.
Oregon Battle of Books Question Guidelines. Writing and Submitting Questions. After the book list is finalized, titles are assigned to individuals or groups who write the questions. Completed sets of questions must be submitted to the OBOB Committee by.
Student Authorship Presentation. Student authorship talk/workshop: notes for presenters. Hello, I am , and I want to spend the next 40 minutes or so talking to you about authorship, plagiarism and your written assignments. I hope we will also have time for some discussion and debate.
All Souls/The Color of Water ThemeExploration Activity and Essay. Over the next two to three class periods, your group will examine both summer reading memoirs (McDonald s All Souls and McBride s The Color of Water ) through a specific assigned lens.