Tuesday

Class Work

1.  Let's look at the Works Cited page. Please print out your page if you have not already done so.

• http://dianahacker.com/pdfs/Hacker-Daly-MLA-WC.pdf (Does your page look like this? If so, pat yourself on the back. If not, you probably missed a button on EasyBib. http://www.easybib.com/)

2. How is your essay coming along? What are your claims?  You will need two claims - one to prove a problem exists and one to prove that there is a solution.

3.Guidelines for a problem/solution essay: http://www.enotes.com/topics/how-write-problem-solution-essay

The draft is due on November 29th.  The final essay is due on December 6th.

4. Prepare a PowerPoint to share what you learned by writing your essay. These will be presented on December 1. A sign up sheet will be available on November 29th.

Guidelines:
Slide #1: Title and Your Name
Slide #2: Identify the problem - make your claim
Slides 3, 4, 5: Explain the causes of the problem. This answers "because" and possibly gives evidence.
Slides 6, 7, 8: Explain the effects of the problem - This is more evidence.
Slides 9, 10, 11: Call to action - give the viewers concrete examples of what can be done and explain what difference their actions will make. (This section contains another claim, more reasons, and more evidence.
Slide 12: Works Cited page - This should look just like the Works Cited page in your essay.


5.  GUM Group Work -

• That/which/who
• Punctuating Dialogue
• Possessives
• Numbers
• Punctuating titles
• Subject/verb agreement

Assignment: Prepare a poster or PowerPoint slide to share the rules. Provide a model sentence. Provide two "test" sentences.

Homework

See the green items above.''

Note:  Our exam is on December 8th. You MUST come to the exam or you will not pass the class. This is listed in the EMCC handbook.

Happy Thanksgiving! There is no class on Thursday, November 24th.