Wednesday, March 11, 2015

3/11/2015

Trivia Question - Give answer and explain why.  Prize: Starbucks Card

Review Quiz and Classification Draft Essay.

M. Garcia - demonstrate on the board #27 from the quiz

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Review Story ..... Mother Tongue - Amy Tan
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Groups - Debate Teams
Define ....... Assertion - Give examples on the board.

Instructions:
Select 3 topics from the list below.  For each topic give 2 reasons yes and 2 reasons no.  Create a thesis statement for it and then paraphrase that thesis statement with at least 3 sentences.

Example: 1      Schools  

I.  Single sex schools are good for students.
Reason 1: Single sex schools are good for students because there are less distractions for students in single sex schools.
Reason 2:  There is less chance of teenage pregnancy in single sex schools.
Write a thesis using the topic, 2 reasons (supporting ideas) and the conjunction because: ___________________________________________________________________

Paraphrase the thesis; make sure you make the new thesis have at least 2 sentences - make it longer. ___________________________________________________________________

II.  Single sex school are not good for students.
Reason 1:  Single sex schools are not good for students because opposite sex students need to learn how to interact with one another.
Reason 2:  Single sex schools are not good for students because in the real world of work and living there exists both sexes. 
Write a thesis using the topic, 2 reasons (supporting ideas) and the conjunction because: ___________________________________________________________________

Paraphrase the thesis; make sure you make the new thesis have at least 2 sentences - make it longer. ___________________________________________________________________

 ·  Video games
The sale of violent video games should be banned.
·  Bullying
Bullies should be held legally responsible for what they do.
·  Newspapers
Newspapers are a thing of the past.
·  Diets
The promotion of diets should be outlawed.
·  Music censorship
Music lyrics glorifying criminal lifestyles should be censored.
·  Anorexia
The patients diagnosed with anorexia nervosa should be force fed.
·  Advertising
Sexist advertising should be banned.
·  Motherhood
All mothers should be obliged to stay at home and care for their children.
·  Prisoners
Prisoners should have the right to vote.
·  Working hours
Weekly working hours should be legally reduced to 25.
·  Housewives
Housewives should receive salary for their work.
·  Classes
College classes should start later than 10 a.m.
·  Airlines
Excess weight fees in airplanes should be banned.
·  College
The searches of students’ lockers can be useful.
·  Police
Police should have the right to confiscate the cars of drivers who text while driving.
·  Drivers
Drivers should pay fines if they toot horns without cases of emerge

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