Edwards Paper Due 9/28

Your Edwards Introduction and Body Paragraph is due tomorrow! (Friday)Make sure that your body paragraph has transitions between each example, and that each quotation is analyzed using the question word analysis process (where, what, how,why as discussed in your Musings packet.)

This essay will be graded on Transitions and Conventions and Analysis Content. Click on each to read the scoring guide. (Please note that I am only scoring on Transitions and Conventions, not Voice).


Use this powerpoint as a guide to formatting your paper properly.

Mather Reading and Edwards Paper

Reading due Monday: Mather's "Wonders of the Invisible World" (74-78)


Edwards Introduction and Body Paragraph (Due Wednesday or Thursday of next week)


Using the format provided in Part I of your “Musings” packument, write an introduction and body paragraph on “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.” Make sure to pay careful attention to the question word guidance for the different steps of analysis.


Thesis idea: Edwards creates fear in the audience in order to ________________________.


POA: Edwards uses figurative devices, structure, and rhetoric.


Your body paragraph will focus on the discussion of his use of figurative devices, but we still want to provide a full POA in our thesis so we can get used to that concept.

Reminders:

* Maintain formal voice.
* Practice establishing context in your introduction along with relevant background information.
*Provide a quotation from the text that will serve as your evidence (your "where" part of analysis.)

Reading and Grammar Practice

Reading:

For tomorrow, read Edwards' "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God," paying special attention to how he describes hell.

Grammar:

Here is a link to a packet that explains what we have been talking about in class.

(The link to the document above should now be working.)

Here is a link to the Sprague Writing page which will give you more practice on phrases and clauses. There are also practice exercises, and you can continue on to practice for sentence types as well.

Extra Practice

If you want a little more practice with parts of speech, go to the parts of speech page for the online writing center. You will be able to read additional explanations, and on the left, there are two practice activities with answers to help you practice. It's important to understand this before we move on to the next part of the process.

Make sure to be making progress on your reading assignment as well.

Upcoming Assignments

Reading Assignment Due Friday, 9/14

Smith: "General History of Virginia" (42-47)
Bradford: "On Plymouth Plantation (50-54)

e sure to think about your lecture on geographic determinism and what you know about the differences between the Northern and Southern colonies as you do your reading.

You will also need to create a chart based on the Bradford/Smith readings that has the following:

One column focusing on details more unique to Bradford's work.
One column focusing on details more unique to Smith's work.
One column identifying what similiarites the two pieces had.

Under each column, you may with to consider such things as:

-Characterization of speaker, community members
-Values of community
-Lifestyle/living conditions
-Voyage
-Relationship with Native Americans
-Style of writing
-Purpose of writing
-Selection of details

This is just a start, so you can feel free to include other observations that I haven't mentioned. Try to aim for about 4-5 observations under each column.

This chart will be handed in and graded under the category of "practice".

Writing Assignment due Monday, 9/17

Antithesis/Thesis Practice Writing Assignment

Step 1: Select a topic of your choice that you would like to write practice antithesis/thesis paragraphs with. You might consider something from:
 Music
 Movies
 Politics/Policy
 Food
 Hobbies, Sports, activities
 (Anything else that interests you—if you’re unsure about your topic, check with me first)

Step 2: Following the guidelines in the “Musings” packet, write an Antithesis/Thesis statement with 2 POA points. Remember to focus on the concept of opposing, not just opposite. (Note that you’re not writing an entire introduction, just the antithesis/thesis).

Step 3: Write a corresponding antithesis paragraph. Make sure to remember your qualifying transition. You should have 3 pieces of evidence to support your antithesis paragraph and use standard paragraph format.

Step 4: Write a corresponding thesis paragraph. Make sure to use an appropriate contrasting transition word that acknowledges your antithesis, and clearly state your thesis and POA point. You should have 3 pieces of evidence and use standard paragraph format.

Step 5: Proof read your paragraphs, checking for conventions errors, and making sure that you match the structure given to you in the packet.

Due Tomorrow, 9/11

Please finish practicing the following sentences from a thesis/antithesis paper.


1. To what extent is the 7 period day schedule an effective schedule?

a. thesis/antithesis/POA statement
b. first sentence of antithesis paragraph
c. first sentence of first thesis paragraph.



2. To what extent are dances an important part of the high school experience?


a. thesis/antithesis/POA statement
b. first sentence of antithesis paragraph
c. first sentence of first thesis paragraph.


If you are struggling, remember to use your Musings packet for help. Information about sentence type A is on page 7, B is on the top of page 8, and C start at the bottom of page 8. (I think)

Due Monday, 9/10

Read Part 2 of the Musings Packet, paying careful attention about how to make a thesis/antithesis statement rather than just a plain old thesis statement. Remember, a thesis/antithesis helps to answer a "to what extent" question, so you may want to try making one of this for your history introduction. Hopefully you notice how transitional phrases are key to making this a successful thesis/antithesis.

Here is the document with positive introduction beginnings.

And here is our "quiz" from in class today, if you need a reminder of what to avoid.

Due 9/6/12

You have two assignments: Your signed syllabus form and the writing pretest.

Imagine you are writing an essay on one of the following topics:

1. To what extent is the study of past events (history) important in a world that is focused so much on the present and future developments?

2. To what extent is the study of past writing (literature) important in a world that seemingly places little emphasis on this medium of expression?

Now, the assignment:

Write an introduction and a body paragraph that addresses ONE of these topics. Set up your introduction as if you were writing the entire essay, but you, of course, will just be writing one body paragraph.

Please use this as an opportunity to show off your best writing in terms of vocabulary, structure, organization, and ideas. I understand that this is essentially a ‘first draft’ and has not undergone a lengthy revision process, but you should still proof read for conventions.

Please type in 12-point font.