Work for College Writing Class

In addition to the work labeled "For All Students,":

--Finish annotating "The Old Bird, a Love Story."

--Respond to each of the following questions in a paragraph each:
1) What is the author’s basic belief about the individual, society, or life, as shown in the story?
2) What connection does the title have with the conflict or theme of the story?
3) Describe both the type and specifics of the conflict used in the story. Was the author effective with his or her use of this conflict?

--Create and revise strong thesis sentences for each of the questions/responses above, as if you were going to use the questions to formulate essays. (In-class essays are pretty normal for college evaluations, so it’s important to be able to get the main point in a clear thesis quickly.)

--Quick write (about a paragraph): Why is understanding an author’s point of view, feeling, or attitude important?

--Check your e-mail for information on your Persuasive Research Project. You need to read everything, and fill out (either by printing, or writing out on paper) and complete:
1) Topic selection with rationale and a working thesis
2) "Research Paper Sources -- Trying it Out"

--These websites should help with topic ideas:
1) goodessaytopics.com (categories: controversial, persuasive, Christian, argumentative)
2) nwmissouri.edu/library/courses/english2/termindex.htm

BE SURE to choose a topic you're interested in, because you will be spending a lot of time working with it over the next month. We will have two days in the Computer Lab and two days in the Library next week. Be sure you're ready to research!

--Complete Bellwork assignments and be ready to turn in Bellwork notebook (9 entries) on Tuesday. Here are the rest of this week's:

9/1: 1) Youre copy of alph waldo emersons essay self reliance is different than mine I wonder why 2) neither of the events were exciting so we left early then we went to pats house to play tennis

9/2: my Uncle and Aunt will unknown to him be surprised next week at a merica ary party at the park country club 2) please bring this book merica revisited to the deans room victor since he needs it

9/3: 1) Our class will be involved I think in doing a project sometime on the civil war however it is to late to begin this semester
2) for you to finish on time your going to have to work hard and meet the scheduled deadline father bonsan stated