Class Work

Activity #1: Sharing introductions - you need a paper copy or need to be able to call yours up on the computer.
A. Share with your group.
B. Each group will "elect" one or two members to share with the class. (More may share if the group feels that the introductions are effective.) You can't hear too many good introductions!

Activity #2: Today we will look at three sample articles.

Article #A: "Practical Wildlife Management" (Handout)
Article #B : "Evening the Odds" (Handout)
For both essays, we will look for the claims, reasons, and evidence.

Article #C: "Tilling a New World" by Bill McKibben
http://articles.latimes.com/2007/mar/21/opinion/oe-mckibben21
1. What is the claim? What is/are the reason(s) for the claim? What evidence is provided?
2. What proposals/solutions are offered? Are they reasonable? Are they affordable? Are they ethical?
3. What thinking must be reversed if the trend toward producing more carbon dioxide is going to be reversed? What points does McKibben make to illustrate how thinking and actions can be altered? What aspects of his reasoning are most convincing?
4. To what extent is the title effective? What is "tilling"?

Activity #3 - Preview of coming attractions...see pp. 467-479 in Write Now - Using visuals. Let's do #1 on p. 479.

Homework

Now that you have a dynamic introduction, you are ready to work on the body of the essay. Decide if you will discuss the history or the problem first. Both strategies can work.
In the body of the essay, you need to give credit to your sources. Review the rules for in-text citations.
http://www.library.cornell.edu/resrch/citmanage/mla
or
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/02/
or
http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/research/mlaparen.html

Bring the draft to class on Thursday - paper or electronic.

Also, look for a photo, work of art, chart, or graph that you can use in your essay.