Compare and Contrast, cont.

1. Journal:

Point out the similarities between Whitney Houston and Michael Jackson.

2. Sample model: Invention, Organization.

3. Notes... Here, and Here

4. Class narrative, what's going on? Where are we going?

Compare/Contrast McD, BK---
Topic: BK/MCD
Audience: General
Purpose Recommend one for others to visit.

List: Similarities:
Fast Food-
Burgers
Chicken
Successful Franchise
Characters
Fries
Shakes
Playhouses


Burger King has bigger burger, flame broiled,
MCD has Gourmet Coffee
Big Mac/ Whopper
Chicken: Processed/white meat strips.

Thesis: Whereas MCD prepares burgers, chicken and fries that are not very fresh, BK grills flame-broiled burgers, white meat chicken, and freshly coated fries.


Method 1
I. Intro: MCD/BK History…. Last sentence: Thesis, Whereas…..
II. Burgers –MCD
1. Buns
2. Burger
3. Toppings

III. Burgers- BK
1. Buns
2. Burger
3. Toppings
IV. Fries- MCD
V. Fries- BK
VI. Chicken- MCD
VII. Chicken- BK
VIII. Concl. 5-7 sent, restate main points and drive home purpose (recommend)
Method 2
I. Intro- Thesis, last, whereas….
II. Burgers, MCD/Burgers, BK
III. Fries, MCD/ Fries, BK
IV. Chx, MCD/ Chx, BK
V. Concl.

Method 3:
1. Intro:
2. MCD B
3. MCD F
4. MCD C
5. B, B
6. B, F
7. B, C
8. Concl.

Description workshop groups--

1. Journal:

Describe something you own that has no value to the world but is most valuable to you.

2. Descriptive Reading: Essay, “The Sacred Grove of Oshogbo”

3. Groups. These are first draft groups...

5 questions for readers:

1. Is this a story you'd tell to others?

2. Does the story focus on description to inform the reader?

3. Do you have questions for the author?

4. What might you do differently in terms of arrangement or organization?

5. What happens in the story? In other words, what's the plot? Is anything missing from the plot?

Closure and what's due...

Description and Paragraphs cont.

1. Journal:

Have you thought about your descriptive essay? Drafts are due Tuesday...what might you write about? (Invention)

2. Announcements: Essays, Class Narrative, What we're doing tonight...

3. Poem and description....Concrete words and verbs continued.

4. Poem Here...

5. Group paragraphs and meetings...

TS:

The descriptive words help readers understand the theme of "Villanelle After Burial.

Happy Valentine's Day!

NO CLASS!

Description....

1. Journal: Please describe your primary mode of transportation, in detail.

2. What makes good description?

3. Concrete or Abstract?

4. Descriptive Essay, here.

5. Descriptive and poem groups...

GROUP TS--

Format to follow, if needed.

TS
F
O
O
F
O
O
F
O
O
CS

Review

1. Journal:
Describe your most precious possession…
2. Groups and reading… Word Choice… Common Mistakes Review...

3. Questions and on Deck…

4. Format stuff. MLA FORMAT HERE!

5. For Thursday…..HW

Comma Splice: I like dogs, I like cats.
Fragment: I hope to
Who/That: He is someone THAT/who I love
Run-on: I like dogs I like cats.
Parallelism: I walked to the store, ran to the mall, and ate
V/T shift: He loved me, and I love him.
PNA John is like a good friend. They are always there for you.

Welcome!

Journal: When you found the edit sheet, if you did, what changes did you make? Was
it helpful?

Grading Practice: Read Essay here....

Groups and editing....Rules... Discussion...

What's due coming up....

Please use this document to help you think about what you have written. Write in your impressions and attach it to your first typed draft of your essay.

Essay Edit

1. Firstly, did you eradicate all grammar errors? Especially the fragments we discussed in class? (question=fragment)

2. Does your story have paragraphs? A title? A name?

3. Does it have a beginning middle and end?

4. Would your story make a good movie?

5. Read the story aloud. Did you make changes after doing this?

6. Start with the last sentence. Read it. Go to the next to last. Read it.
Repeat until you're out of sentences. Make sense?

7. Underline all the verbs. What do they have in common?

8. Which words do you use most often? Which phrases?

9. Does the story start in the middle of the action?

10. What's the topic? Audience? Purpose?