Today our focus was on crafting an introduction for our argument essays. You had to be sure to use one of the lead techniques we studied (quote, background, news, anecdote, analogy, announcement, or facts and statistics), and you had to be sure to include the four elements of the introduction that we studied (hook, bridge, summary, and thesis). We also began crafting the body paragraphs of the essay, with special emphasis on including textual evidence and commentary on that evidence.
Please spend 20 minutes this weekend writing and revising your essay. If you have not color-coded your introduction for self-assessment, please do. Highlight your hook in red, the bridge in blue, the summary in yellow, and the thesis in green.
We also read a poem called "The Gift," by Li-Young Lee. If you want 10 points extra credit, write an imitative poem where you recall a time a person gave you a gift or taught you a valuable lesson. It must be typed and handed in on Monday, and the catch is, you need to either give a copy of this poem to the person you are writing about, or to someone who cares about this person.
Additionally, read for 20 minutes twice over the weekend. If you weren't in class, read Chapter 6 from They Say I Say, which can be found here: http://www.drronmartinez.com/uploads/4/4/8/2/44820161/they_say_i_say_graff_and_birkenstein.pdf
And, I almost forgot: It'll be Utah 28, OSU 17.
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