Introductions (Reminder)

HOMEWORK

• Please make sure you share your introduction with me. 
• Read the document on PLAGIARISM if you have time, it will help you with tomorrow's class. 

Introductions

HOMEWORK
Write an introductory paragraph for one of the topics found in our slides, and share with me if you would like some feedback. 



Class Notes: 

Essay Outlines

HOMEWORK
Write an outline for one of the essay topics you have done brainstorming for. Share with me once you have finished. 

Thesis Statements

HOMEWORK

Write a thesis statement for the topics found in the class doc. We will go over your thesis statements tomorrow in class. 

Paragraphs

HOMEWORK
Write a paragraph for each of the topic sentences  you did last week. 

OR

Write a paragraph about one of the following topics. 

• why people exercise
• why people have pets
• why so many people eat junk food
• privacy is not the most important right
• importance of education
• growing population

Please share your writing with me once you have finished it. 

Links on "Parallelism"

• https://www.grammarly.com/blog/parallelism/
• http://www.chompchomp.com/structure01/structure01.htm
• http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/niu/niu10.htm

More topic sentences

HOMEWORK
Finish writing two topic sentences for 3 different topics, make sure you have identified the topic and the controlling idea. 
CHECK your grammar and mechanics!

Topic Sentences

HOMEWORK
Write a topic sentence for the paragraphs about education systems and housing. 

Sentence Order

HOMEWORK
Do exercise 1 on page 10 in our  document, stop at the stop sign. 

Relax - no homework

War

HOMEWORK
Read "Why would anyone miss war?" and answer the UNDERSTANDING THE READING questions. We will discuss tomorrow in class. 

Process Essays

HOMEWORK
Write a process essay for one of the topics in the slides. Please send it to me by Wednesday afternoon.