Dates

FINAL Cause and Effect Essay due Monday 5/4/2015
Draft Persuasive Essay due Wednesday 5/6/2015  - you are not writing this in class .... due Wednesday.
Quiz 4: 5/11/2015 Monday:  Count/NonCount Nouns (singular, plural nouns / verbs), singular and plural articles, simple, compound & complex sentences, commas, FANBOY conjunctions
FINAL Persuasive Essay due Wednesday 5/13/2015 or email it to my be 5/15/2015 midnight (12pm)
Blogs due 5/13/2015 - Cause/Effect, Process Analysis, Classification + Amy Tan Summary
FINAL EXAM - LAST DAY OF CLASS 5/13

Cost To Make

Cost to make

As of 2013 taxpayers were losing $105 million annually on penny and nickel production. This report doesn't include total production numbers, so we can't calculate costs at the moment. But it's safe to assume that losses on pennies and nickels decreased this year, in line with their falling cost.

DUE DATES ....... REMEMBER

FINAL Cause and Effect Essay due Monday 5/4/2015
Draft Persuasive Essay due Wednesday 5/6/2015  - you are not writing this in class .... due Wednesday.
Quiz 4: 5/11/2015 Monday:  Count/NonCount Nouns (singular, plural nouns / verbs), quantifiers, simple and compound sentences, commas, FANBOY conjunctions
FINAL Persuasive Essay due Wednesday 5/13/2015 or email it to my be 5/15/2015 midnight (12pm)
Blogs due 5/13/2015 - Cause/Effect, Process Analysis, Classification + Amy Tan Summary
FINAL EXAM - LAST DAY OF CLASS 5/13

Homework ........ RESEARCH ..... RESEARCH    RESEARCH ..... RESEARCH 
Write your essay !!!!

Dates to Remember

FINAL Cause and Effect Essay due Monday 5/4/2015
Draft Persuasive Essay due Wednesday 5/6/2015
FINAL Persuasive Essay due Monday 5/18/2015
Blogs due 5/18/2015
FINAL EXAM - LAST DAY OF CLASS 5/18

Homework:  1 - Persuasive Essay Packet Completed


http://scsworkshops.info/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Persuasion-Essay-packet.pdf

4/22 Argumentative Essay - Library Research

REMEMBER ..... Amy Tan Summary ...... Due Monday 4/27 ........ on blog !!


Thesis generator:  https://awc.ashford.edu/writing-tools-thesis-generator.html

For example:  The minimum wage should be raised

The generator helped me produce a thesis statement with assertion, my 3 reasons and the opposing viewpoint:

While small business owners can't afford it, the minimum wage should be raised because there would be less people on well-fare, lower poverty levels, and it would improve the economy.

Should the minimum wage be raised?

Should people on welfare be required to drug test?

Should marijuana be legalized?

Should gay couples be allowed to adopt children?

Should illegal immigrants be allowed to have a driver’s license?

Things to remember for Cause and Effect Essay

Homework:  Amy Tan Summary - put on your blog.  It is due Monday April 27.  Remember:  Cause and Effect Essay draft is due:  Wednesday April 22

In class 4/20/2015, we reviewed some of Chapter 14.  We also worked on grammar:  quantifiers, articles, and subject/verb agreement. 

In class on 4/20/15, we did not have time to get to writing styles (see link), but we will go over the writing styles again in class ..... learn them because they will be on the next quiz:
Click HERE for writing styles https://www.irsc.edu/uploadedFiles/Students/AcademicSupportCenter/WritingLab/E2-Methods-of-Essay-Development.pdf.  

Cause and Effect Essay - Roughdraft  ...TYPED.....This essay is DUE:  Wednesday, April 22 (no late assignments - late assignments = 0 grade)

In class 4/21, we reviewed information pertaining to the Final Essay and the remaining essays that will be due in class.  If you missed class, you need to get caught up with a fellow student who can tell you what you missed. The following rubrics will be applied to the final Cause and Effect essay, the Argumentative essay and the Final Exam essay in ESL 101.  Mistakes are expected on the draft, but the final essay must be free of all the following mistakes:

Writing Rules for the Cause & Effect Essay

-5 Title in the wrong place	-5 indent 5 spaces for each new paragraph	-5  not using a period at the end of a sentence (-5 for each one)	- 20 essay is less than 500 words
-10 inaccurate fact/information	-20 for using 1st or 2nd person	-5 capitalization error (each one)	-20 double space
-5 redundancy (repeat the same thing twice or more)	-10 lined college paper	-10 using the wrong side of the paper to start essay	-5 essay heading is incorrect

Prepare for Quiz on Wednesday

Quiz Wednesday = it will be on the prepositions in, on, at
Also, you will need to know at least 4 transitional words and how to use them for:  chronological order, cause/effect, compare/contrast
Finally, you will also need to know the difference between count and non-count nouns.  Remember, non-count nouns are always singular.
We went over all this information several times in class using hand-outs and information on the blog.

*** Also, be ready to write your cause and effect essay :)

The perfect outline .................

Example Outline:   cigarette smoking - obesity - alcohol

I.  Introduce topic / Hook
    Provide history or background information about the cause (topic)
            * Explain the causes (why do people smoke, over eat, or drink alcohol?

Thesis:  There are many negative effects to __________ such as, __________, ______________, and ___________ .

II.  Supporting Idea (topic) _____________
     _____________Example – Explain with details
     _____________Example – Explain with details

III.  Supporting Idea (topic) _____________
      _____________Example - Explain with details
     ______________Example – Explain with details

IV.  Supporting Idea (topic) _____________
      _____________Example – Explain with details
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V.   Conclusion
      Paraphrase thesis – repeat the thesis differently (it can be 3 sentences or longer)
      Final thoughts / offer suggestions / offer solutions