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- Greg Malivuk
- http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - Notes from all my classes
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- Imagine that you have a 10-page paper due at the end of next week. What sequence of things do you need to plan?
- - get books and references
- - collect your notes from class
- - categorize the ideas you’ll use to write (what details support your idea? what details oppose it?)
- - outline with the main structure of your argument
- - write a rough draft (including an introduction and a conclusion)
- - add any graphics or other images that you need
- - have someone look at and proofread your draft (you can proofread it yourself, but as a non-native speaker it’s good to get a second opinion)
- - write the final draft
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- If this is your thesis statement, what information would you need to support it?
- “Smoking among teenage girls is rising (1) due to advertising that glamorizes smoking (2) and influences by peers (3).”
- 1 - Statistics about the percentage of teenage girls who smoke. (Which show that it is increasing.)
- 2 - Examples of advertisements that glamorize smoking (that make it look exciting and glamorous)
- - Explanation of how the advertising influences teenage girls to smoke.
- 3 - Evidence that teenage girls are influenced by peers (specifically, that they are influenced to smoke).
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- p. 144/276 - Sample outline for this paper. (doesn’t include the part about peers)
- Make sure you know what type of information to expect if you’re reading a paper, or what type of information you’ll need if you’re writing a paper.
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- Look at thesis statement examples from https://www.kibin.com/essay-writing-blog/thesis-statement-examples/
- Number 1 - Vaccinations should be mandatory
- What details would you use to support this thesis statement?
- What are some counterarguments to the thesis statement? How could you respond to them?
- - Why should we get injected with live virus or bacteria? (fear of vaccines)
- - Being injected now prevents getting the disease later. (information about severity and death rate)
- - The government shouldn’t control what we do with our bodies.
- - Argue that it’s good for the health of everyone in the country, and it’s the government’s job to promote public health.
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- Homework: Write a list of (at least five) reasons why people shouldn’t learn English as a second language.
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