In this assignment you will write a paragraph that compares or contrasts your room in the country you come from and your room in Illinois. Be sure to have a clear topic sentence and use at least four compare/contrast signal words from the Compare and Contrast Signals document.
Name this file Homework9_FirstName LastName
Upload this file to the ESL114_FirstName LastName folder.
This assignment is due Thursday, September 30th at 11:59 PM.
This assignment is worth 10 homework points.
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Day 16: Compare/Contrast Writing
We are going to start off with brainstorming. As a class, we will need to come up with five different nouns. I will list them on the board and select two of the five nouns.
You will then get into groups of two or three and write down ways in which these nouns are similar.
Each group will then present one way in which the two nouns are similar. Talking about how things are similar is called making a comparison. You compared two nouns.
We will brainstorm another list of nouns. As a class, we will need to come up with five different nouns. I will list them on the board and select two of the five nouns.
You will then get back into groups and write down ways in which these nouns are different.
Each group will then present one way in which the two nouns are different. Talking about how things are different is called contrasting. You contrasted two nouns.
Now that you have established the difference between compare and contrast, consider the following sentence.
The University of Illinois has a large international population like New York does.
Is a comparison being made here or is it a contrast? How can you tell? What are some words that can signal this type of relationship?
Take a look at the COMPARISON/CONTRAST SIGNAL WORDS on this document. These words signal that a comparison is being made.
Half of the class will work on numbers 1 and 2 of Exercise I. The other Half will work on numbers 3 and 4 of Exercise I.
Now consider this sentence.
The University of Illinois has a large international student population whereas Northern Illinois University does not.
Is a comparison being made here or is it a contrast? How can you tell? What are some words that can signal this type of relationship?
Take a look at the COMPARISON/CONTRAST SIGNAL WORDS on this document. These words signal that a contrast is being made.
Half of the room will work on numbers 2 and 3 of Exercise III. The other half of the room will work on numbers 4 and 5 of Exercise III.
You will then get into groups of two or three and write down ways in which these nouns are similar.
Each group will then present one way in which the two nouns are similar. Talking about how things are similar is called making a comparison. You compared two nouns.
We will brainstorm another list of nouns. As a class, we will need to come up with five different nouns. I will list them on the board and select two of the five nouns.
You will then get back into groups and write down ways in which these nouns are different.
Each group will then present one way in which the two nouns are different. Talking about how things are different is called contrasting. You contrasted two nouns.
Now that you have established the difference between compare and contrast, consider the following sentence.
The University of Illinois has a large international population like New York does.
Is a comparison being made here or is it a contrast? How can you tell? What are some words that can signal this type of relationship?
Take a look at the COMPARISON/CONTRAST SIGNAL WORDS on this document. These words signal that a comparison is being made.
Half of the class will work on numbers 1 and 2 of Exercise I. The other Half will work on numbers 3 and 4 of Exercise I.
Now consider this sentence.
The University of Illinois has a large international student population whereas Northern Illinois University does not.
Is a comparison being made here or is it a contrast? How can you tell? What are some words that can signal this type of relationship?
Take a look at the COMPARISON/CONTRAST SIGNAL WORDS on this document. These words signal that a contrast is being made.
Half of the room will work on numbers 2 and 3 of Exercise III. The other half of the room will work on numbers 4 and 5 of Exercise III.
Monday, September 27, 2010
Day 15: Cause and Effect Writing
We will start by brainstorming a list of causes of childhood obesity. You may want to take a look at the following PICTURE to help generate ideas. Think hard and write fast!
You will share your ideas with the class and I will make a list of 10 or so on the board.
During the pre-writing stage, coming up with many ideas helps you later on because you have more to work with, but in order to use your ideas effectively in your writing you will have to sort through all of your ideas to find out which ones are too similar and can be lumped into one category. We will work as a class to find some ideas that were brainstormed and categorize them into the same group.
After you see how it's done, work with a partner or two to reorganize the rest of the ideas into several groups.
The categories you have come up with can very easily be used as the main causes you discuss in a cause/effect essay. Each of the causes could function as the idea around which a body paragraph would revolve.
Review this OUTLINE STRUCTURE again. You will work in pairs to create a thesis statement and outline for the causes of childhood obesity in the United States.
After you have developed your outline, work on this WORKSHEET with your partner. We will discuss the worksheet as a class, and your group will be assigned a cause or effect word. You must create a sentence related to childhood obesity in the United States using that cause or effect word
You will share your ideas with the class and I will make a list of 10 or so on the board.
During the pre-writing stage, coming up with many ideas helps you later on because you have more to work with, but in order to use your ideas effectively in your writing you will have to sort through all of your ideas to find out which ones are too similar and can be lumped into one category. We will work as a class to find some ideas that were brainstormed and categorize them into the same group.
After you see how it's done, work with a partner or two to reorganize the rest of the ideas into several groups.
The categories you have come up with can very easily be used as the main causes you discuss in a cause/effect essay. Each of the causes could function as the idea around which a body paragraph would revolve.
Review this OUTLINE STRUCTURE again. You will work in pairs to create a thesis statement and outline for the causes of childhood obesity in the United States.
After you have developed your outline, work on this WORKSHEET with your partner. We will discuss the worksheet as a class, and your group will be assigned a cause or effect word. You must create a sentence related to childhood obesity in the United States using that cause or effect word
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Reflection 1: Response to Your Feedback
I recently uploaded your 5-paragraph essay about whether or not the frequency of smoking should be regulated in movies. I want you to read the feedback that I inserted at the end of your essay, the comments in the margins, and the corrections I made within the text itself.
Write a one page response to all of this. Talk about how you thought you performed on this essay and how I thought you performed. Discuss areas that you can improve on for your next essay. What kinds of things will you do differently next time? What kinds of things will you keep doing because they worked well? These are some questions to think about in your response.
This assignment and all future assignments for this class should be formatted in the following way unless the directions indicate otherwise:
Font size: 12pt
Font style: Times New Roman
Line spacing: Double-Spaced (ctrl+a and then press ctrl+2)Do not insert extra spaces between paragraphs by hitting the enter/return key twice.
Margins: 1-Inch margins on top and bottom; 1-Inch margins on left and right sides
Indentation: The first line of every paragraph should be indented (tab key). This is roughly equal to five spaces.
Text alignment: The text should be aligned to the left side of the page.
Special formatting: Do not make your entire document bold or italicized.
This file should be named Reflection1_FirstName LastName
This file should be uploaded to your ESL114_FirstName LastName folder.
This paper is worth 10 reflective assignment points.
This paper is due Sunday, October 3rd at 11:59 PM
Write a one page response to all of this. Talk about how you thought you performed on this essay and how I thought you performed. Discuss areas that you can improve on for your next essay. What kinds of things will you do differently next time? What kinds of things will you keep doing because they worked well? These are some questions to think about in your response.
This assignment and all future assignments for this class should be formatted in the following way unless the directions indicate otherwise:
Font size: 12pt
Font style: Times New Roman
Line spacing: Double-Spaced (ctrl+a and then press ctrl+2)Do not insert extra spaces between paragraphs by hitting the enter/return key twice.
Margins: 1-Inch margins on top and bottom; 1-Inch margins on left and right sides
Indentation: The first line of every paragraph should be indented (tab key). This is roughly equal to five spaces.
Text alignment: The text should be aligned to the left side of the page.
Special formatting: Do not make your entire document bold or italicized.
This file should be named Reflection1_FirstName LastName
This file should be uploaded to your ESL114_FirstName LastName folder.
This paper is worth 10 reflective assignment points.
This paper is due Sunday, October 3rd at 11:59 PM
Friday, September 24, 2010
Homework 8: Cause and Effect Outline
Write an outline for the High School Dropout essay. This can be for an essay analyzing either causes or effects.
Your outline should follow the formatting THIS OUTLINE.
The outline should be created in Microsoft Word.
The file should be named CEOutline1_FirstName LastName.
The file should be uploaded to your ESL114_FirstName LastName folder.
The assignment is due Sunday, September 26th at 11:59 PM.
The assignment is worth 5 homework points.
Your outline should follow the formatting THIS OUTLINE.
The outline should be created in Microsoft Word.
The file should be named CEOutline1_FirstName LastName.
The file should be uploaded to your ESL114_FirstName LastName folder.
The assignment is due Sunday, September 26th at 11:59 PM.
The assignment is worth 5 homework points.
Day 14: Cause and Effect Part 2
Pull out a sheet of paper and a pencil. Think about cause and effect relationships and write the cause and effect sequences you see while you watch this MOVIE TRAILER.
After watching the movie clip, work in pairs to create a chain of 3-4 cause and effect sequences. If you have trouble creating these chains. You may check the CHART from the previous class period.
You may want to familiarize yourself with the following vocabulary:
Squirrel: The small furry animal in the video
Acorn: The nut the squirrel was carrying
Avalanche: A large body of snow that falls from a cliff/mountain
Groups will then present their chain of events to the class.
Next, I want you to imagine causes and effects on the topic of "High School Dropouts." Students on one side of the room should brainstorm causes and students on the other side of the room should brainstorm effects. You guys will then share your causes and effects with the rest of the class.
Afterward, consider the following diagrams:
Graphic Organizer 1
Graphic Organizer 2
Graphic Organizer 3
We will discuss the uses of each of these organizers and decide which organizer would be best for an essay about the causes/effects of High School Dropouts.
Next, you will read this ESSAY about the Women's Liberation Movement in the United States. You will then work in pairs to create an outline structure that fits the essay. I will then present a general CAUSE AND EFFECT OUTLINE TEMPLATE.
When you organize cause and effect writing there are several different ways in which you can organize the main points of your essay depending on your topic.
Sometimes you will want to organize them so the most significant point is presented first and the least significant point is presented last. This would be appropriate for a topic concerning the "Effects of Dropping out of High School."
Another possible way to organize your main points would be in a causal chain where one cause or effect leads to another and so on. You would use this if you were describing the sequence of events in the Ice Age movie clip that we watched at the beginning of class.
A third style of organization requires the information to be presented in the order that it occurred. This is often used for historical events like in the essay you read earlier.
We will briefly go over ways to structure your thesis statements in cause and effect essays. The general format is in the outline that I presented to you. Other options to consider can be found on THIS DOCUMENT. Work on making a good thesis statement for a cause/effect essay for the topic of high school dropouts. We will share some examples with the class.
After watching the movie clip, work in pairs to create a chain of 3-4 cause and effect sequences. If you have trouble creating these chains. You may check the CHART from the previous class period.
You may want to familiarize yourself with the following vocabulary:
Squirrel: The small furry animal in the video
Acorn: The nut the squirrel was carrying
Avalanche: A large body of snow that falls from a cliff/mountain
Groups will then present their chain of events to the class.
Next, I want you to imagine causes and effects on the topic of "High School Dropouts." Students on one side of the room should brainstorm causes and students on the other side of the room should brainstorm effects. You guys will then share your causes and effects with the rest of the class.
Afterward, consider the following diagrams:
Graphic Organizer 1
Graphic Organizer 2
Graphic Organizer 3
We will discuss the uses of each of these organizers and decide which organizer would be best for an essay about the causes/effects of High School Dropouts.
Next, you will read this ESSAY about the Women's Liberation Movement in the United States. You will then work in pairs to create an outline structure that fits the essay. I will then present a general CAUSE AND EFFECT OUTLINE TEMPLATE.
When you organize cause and effect writing there are several different ways in which you can organize the main points of your essay depending on your topic.
Sometimes you will want to organize them so the most significant point is presented first and the least significant point is presented last. This would be appropriate for a topic concerning the "Effects of Dropping out of High School."
Another possible way to organize your main points would be in a causal chain where one cause or effect leads to another and so on. You would use this if you were describing the sequence of events in the Ice Age movie clip that we watched at the beginning of class.
A third style of organization requires the information to be presented in the order that it occurred. This is often used for historical events like in the essay you read earlier.
We will briefly go over ways to structure your thesis statements in cause and effect essays. The general format is in the outline that I presented to you. Other options to consider can be found on THIS DOCUMENT. Work on making a good thesis statement for a cause/effect essay for the topic of high school dropouts. We will share some examples with the class.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Homework 7: Cause and Effect Words
Complete this WORKSHEET. Follow the directions on the worksheet.
Name the file CEWords1_FirstName LastName.
Upload the completed worksheet to your ESL114_FirstName LastName folder.
The assignment is due Thursday, September 23rd at 11:59 PM.
Name the file CEWords1_FirstName LastName.
Upload the completed worksheet to your ESL114_FirstName LastName folder.
The assignment is due Thursday, September 23rd at 11:59 PM.
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