Week 4 - Monday, 9/27/2010

Week 4 – Monday, 9/27/2010

•      Roll
•      Review Class Email Policy (it’s an extension of class, so it’s important you read it thoroughly)
•      Re-Do of class email list
•      Discuss class web sites – blog, e-handbook/Bedford/Raider Writer
•      Discuss Class Readings Policy and Quizzes
•     Chapter 4 Quiz
•     BA 3 – Any questions?
•     Review Chapter 4 in Textbook
•    Thesis Statements Discussion and Activity: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/545/01/
•    Look at Thesis Statement Examples (will be attached in email later, too)
•    Thesis Statements for a Rhetorical Analysis
•    Assign BA 4:

Brief Assignment 4: Developing Thesis Statements

Reading 4: Textbook Ch. 3 Thesis p. 83-92; E-Handbook Ch. 12h; 17a;

Objective: To develop new strategies for writing a thesis statement.

Purpose: One key to writing a successful essay is to develop a focused thesis statement. This assignment will enable you to do so.

 Description: For your draft 1.1, you will write a rhetorical analysis.  See the description of Draft 1.1 for a discussion of what a rhetorical analysis is and what you will be expected to do. 

 To create your thesis, you need to have the following: 1) one primary text that will serve as the object of your analysis, and 2) the results of your close reading of this text that you will use to formulate your thesis.

 To complete this assignment, compose three thesis statements that you might use in your draft 1.1.  You may write 3 statements which could be used in three different analytical papers, or try out different thesis statements for a single paper.

HW:

BA 4 and Readings - Due Friday by 11:59 p.m.