Thursday, September 17, 2015

Plan for Thursday, Sept 17 -- English 101

During class: Revisit “Facebook” article; MEAL Plan 1; MEAL Plan 2 (including sample paragraphs); exercises to begin planning a response to the article; additional work with evidence as needed; peer review of summaries time permitting.

Assignment for Tuesday, September 22:1. Make necessary revisions to your summary of “Facebook” article.  It will be helpful to re-read the article.
2.  Follow your summary with a response to the article.  Your response should include a thesis statement saying whether you agree/disagree, or both, with the main idea(s) of the article.  State specifically with what points you are agreeing/disagreeing.  Be sure your paragraphs begin with clear and specific topic sentences.  Back up your points with specific evidence.  Your summary/Response essay should be roughly 3 pages in length.  Bring this to class.

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