Tuesday, February 20, 2007

We will start with a journal:
What beliefs do you hold near and dear (religion, family, society, etc)? How similar or different are these from those you are in contact with?

We will then move on to look at paragraph development and the six questions one should ask when attempting to develop the best paragraphs possible for the topic at hand. (we went over the first four)

You will be provided with a handout and will be expected to answer exercises one thru five for tomorrow.

Here are the questions and a brief description in case you weren't here (the notes in their entirety will be in your file folder)

Developing Your Paragraphs

There are six questions you need to consider in orfer to decide the type of development you should use. The first four are:

1. Would a definition help your reader to understand?
2. Would examples help clarify the point?
3. Is a series of steps or stages involved?
4. Would specific details be useful?

Exercises to accompany each of these types:

1. Write a definition paragraph of four to six sentences based on the following topic sentence:
"Many people are puzzled when they first encounter the word "misogyny.""

2. Write a four to six sentence paragraph based on the topic sentence below, using the example method of paragraph development.
"My high school English class is preparing (or is not preparing) me for the writing demands of college or university. (Pick one side or the other).

3. Write a six to seven sentence paragraph developed as a series of steps telling your reader how to make or do something.

4.Write a five to seven sentence paragrpah describing an interesting looking person of your acquaintance. Be sure to include a topic sentence at the beginning.

These paragraphs are due tomorrow (Wednesday, February 21)