Wednesday, October 05, 2011
In class today, (8-8:50 AM) we reviewed essay structure, especially thesis sentences and conclusions --types: summary, findings (as in scientific or proof of an hypothesis posited in the introduction), synthesis, call to action, connections to larger issues.
I gave students a handout on thesis sentences. It is a handout I got from the COA library.
We spoke about how a thesis sentence is a declarative sentence or a statement of fact, not a question. We also talked about how the topic sentence functions in the paragraph the way the thesis functions in the essay. The topic sentence tells the reader what the paragraph is about. When one changes the subject, start a new paragraph.
There is unity of ideas in a paragraph and this makes the essay make sense or have coherence.
Homework:
1. The essay taking its topic from Hip Hop Beyond Beats and Rhymes: misogyny, hypermasculinity, homophobia, or media, is due tomorrow. See below for specifics. Use Dyson in the essay and certainly mention Tupac and his work and where it falls in the spectrum Hurt explores.
2. We will identify the errors in the POV essay.
3. English 201 1:30-3:20 PM, we meet in the library for an orientation first.
4. We will start reading Evolution of a Revolutionary by Jasmine Guy. For Monday-Tuesday, October 10-11, read up to page 48. For each chapter keep a log.
5. Bring in your reading logs for Dyson. In class we will pull together all the cyber-assignments and students will email them to me.
I gave students a handout on thesis sentences. It is a handout I got from the COA library.
We spoke about how a thesis sentence is a declarative sentence or a statement of fact, not a question. We also talked about how the topic sentence functions in the paragraph the way the thesis functions in the essay. The topic sentence tells the reader what the paragraph is about. When one changes the subject, start a new paragraph.
There is unity of ideas in a paragraph and this makes the essay make sense or have coherence.
Homework:
1. The essay taking its topic from Hip Hop Beyond Beats and Rhymes: misogyny, hypermasculinity, homophobia, or media, is due tomorrow. See below for specifics. Use Dyson in the essay and certainly mention Tupac and his work and where it falls in the spectrum Hurt explores.
2. We will identify the errors in the POV essay.
3. English 201 1:30-3:20 PM, we meet in the library for an orientation first.
4. We will start reading Evolution of a Revolutionary by Jasmine Guy. For Monday-Tuesday, October 10-11, read up to page 48. For each chapter keep a log.
5. Bring in your reading logs for Dyson. In class we will pull together all the cyber-assignments and students will email them to me.
