Professor Fregozo
English 100
18 January 2013
Reading
Power Points Notes: (Writing an Essay)
Introduction
Understand what your assignment is asking you to do, begin with a plan, create detail,
Do you have a prompt? Who is your audience?
Body:
Select words from your thesis, what does your conclude, language prompt, give example
Conclusion:
Make sure you have enough to start a conclusion, reinstate some main points from your thesis.
Do you have a smooth ending, avoid using you and I
Unit 1 Assignment
1. Working in A Writer’s Resource, Ch 2
a. How to approach assignments?
Reading your assignment carefully and making sure you under what the assignment is asking of you. Write down things you would say, and give some examples. Think about whom you are writing to or about and how you would say it.
b. The suggested “Activities for Exploring Ideas”.
Start writing whatever comes to mind. You can start by jotting down your ideas and don’t worry about the spelling and punctuations. Give yourself a couple of minutes and stop. Pick out important ideas to start with. Explore your ideas in your own language. Keep notes and annotations, along with keeping a journal with you all the time. Jot down notes on daily matters just in case you may want to use it.
c. The suggested steps in developing a working thesis.
It should make a special statement on your topic. You should be able to explore with different ideas. 2. Working in Patters, Ch 2 read and briefly summarizes the importance of:
a. Invention or prewriting-
What interests you, and developing ideas for your essay? Write down important words