October 6, 2011

Class Work

1. What is your story? (Group sharing - groups of four)
2. How is your research coming along? What questions have you answered?
Ex:

• What is the history of hair design? (Topic: hair styles)
• Where did plastic surgery begin? (Topic: plastic surgery)
• How have clothing styles changed over the last 100 years? What caused the changes? (Think about history. What was happening in the nation/world?) (Topic: Clothing styles)
• How has footwear evolved? (Topic: shoes or athletic shoes)
• What graphic information is available? Find pictures. Keep track of the sources.

3. Now, generate at least three additional questions to investigate. Think about ways to use your personal example with the research. Make the two fit together.
4. Let's look at three person example essays. (Handouts - not all are available electronically.) Pay attention to the use of dialog. How is conversation punctuated? What are the rules? See pp. 432-433 in Write Now.

• "Fish Cheeks" by Amy Tan
• "If Only" by Paul Monahan
• "I Know It's an Object, But Is It D'Art?"
• "An Expert from An American Childhood"  by Annie Dillard - pp. 124-125 in Write Now.

5. Let's practice writing dialogue. You need a partner.

Homework

1. Finish your research. Keep track of your sources on EasyBib or by adding all of the information to the MyCompLab bibliography helper. www.easybib.com
Remember that you must register for EasyBib. It is free. Be sure you name the new project. Otherwise, the program doesn't know that you want to keep it. Don't forget to click all of the buttons to create the Works Cited page. Bring a copy of your Works Cited page to class on Tuesday.
2. Write the draft of your essay. You need to merge your personal example and your research into a seamless essay.
3. In this essay you need to include:

• An introduction that captures the attention of the audience
• The history of your topic
• Details about how your topic has changed over time
• Your personal example with dialog
• A memorable conclusion
• Works Cited page
• In-text citations . . . we will work on these on Tuesday.

4. Bring a paper copy of your work to class or be sure you can get to it electronically. E-mail it to yourself as an attachment. That is the best way to be sure you have it.