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Writing is not scary. How might one use writing in the career you are researching? . Perfecting our Writing. Rules for Writing Real Good. Definition. Part of Speech. THESIS. Picture. Sentence. How does ________ career impact society?. Essential Question? . - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Writing is not scary
How might one use writing in the career you are researching?
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Perfecting our Writing
Rules for Writing Real Good
THESIS
Definition Part of Speech
Picture Sentence
How does ________ career impact society?
Essential Question?
Answer the EQ
A. _____________ career positively impacts society
B. _____________ career negatively impacts society
C. _____________ career positively impacts society, despite some of the negative impressions
At least 4 subtopics
Evolution and/or history
Famous peopleCurrent practicesFuture outlook
Focus your research
30 Rows and 5 sources due Friday
Tomorrow: computer lab; you must have a total of 15 rows and 3 sources by the end of
class tomorrow
Thursday: media center; you must have at LEAST 25 rows and 4 sources by the end of
class Thursday
HOMEWORK
Career: Teaching
1. evolution/history of teaching 2. Current pedagogy and practices in education
3. famous teachers 4. Where education is headed: the future.
Teaching career positively impacts society.
Thesis puts it together
The teaching profession positively impacts society because all other professions depend on teachers. By looking at the evolution of teaching, the current pedagogical practices, prominent figures in the profession, and the projected future of education, one clearly comes to appreciate how much society depends on teachers.
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And the Research Process
A police officer must uphold the law by patrolling the streets, controlling traffic, catching criminals, and arresting law-breakers.
Writing Handbook p. 22
Faulty
A police officer must uphold the law by patrolling the streets, controlling traffic, catch criminals, and arresting law-breakers.
A police officer has many duties. Different? Improve?
Why use parallel structure?
What Is Parallelism?Repeating grammatical structures
Parallel Words:Hot, tired and cranky I stood out in the sun waiting for my bus. (adjectives) Parallel Phrases:Jerome loves to swim laps, ride bikes, and jump hurdles. (infinitive phrases)Parallel Clauses:First we had to find the hotel. Then we had to find our friends.
You try
Parallel Words: He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual,
uncomfortable and distant from the depository of their public records .
(adjectives)
Parallel Phrases: He has constrained our fellow citizens taken captive on the high
seas to bear arms against their country, to become the executioners of their friend and brethren, or to fall themselves by their hands.
(infinitive phrases)
Parallel Clauses: The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.
(is finite verb clause)
Page 23 Practice time
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The teaching profession positively impacts society because all other professions depend on teachers. By looking at the evolution of teaching, the current pedagogical practices, prominent figures in the profession, and the projected future of education, one clearly comes to appreciate how much society depends on teachers.
Great (parallel)
The teaching profession positively impacts society because all other professions depend on teachers. By looking at the constant evolution, current pedagogy, prominent figures, and projected future, one clearly comes to appreciate how much society depends on teachers.
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Revisit and revise your paper thesis
Write it on the index card