Homework for Thursday

Email me the final draft of your compare-and-contrast essay by 9am

• It should be attached on a Microsoft Word document
• Double-spaced
• Your name should be on the document in the upper right corner

Topic for Tuesday, July 28th

Compare and contrast anything of your choice.
Your topic must not be the same as your last journal entry or the essay you're working on now.
You must write at least 2 paragraphs.

Week 6

1. compare
2. contrast
3. ambition
4. opportunity
5. scenes
6. tension
7. deal with
8. limited
9. dignity
   
10. flirt with
11. bicker
12. stunts
13. mean
14. murder
15. cruel
16. justice
17. respect
18. rights
19. citizenship
20. society
21. forgiveness
22. innocent
23. guilty
24. violent
25. revenge
26. punishment
    

Homework for Monday

Read "Cosby: A Different Kind of Family Show" on pages 122-123.
Do exercise C #1 on page 124, questions #1 and #2.
Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.

Homework for Friday

Complete your compare and contrast essay with introduction, body, and conclusion.

Homework for Thursday

Choose a topic from the top of page 104 of the handouts.
Write the introductory paragraph to your compare-and-contrast essay.

Topics for Thursday, July 23

Choose one of the following topics:

1. Compare and contrast your adult life to your childhood.
2. Compare and contrast life in your country today to life in your country when you were a child.
3. Compare and contrast your feelings about La Crosse now to your feelings about La Crosse when you first arrived here.

You must write at least 2 paragraphs.

Homework for Wednesday

Do page 99 of the handouts.
You may write on the back of the paper or on a separate sheet of paper.

No quiz tomorrow

Topics for Tuesday, July 21

Choose one of the following topics:

1. Do you like reading literature in your native language? If so, what kind of literature do you like? If not, why not?
2. What literature from your country do you recommend me to read?
3. Who is your favorite American or British writer or poet?

You must write at least one paragraph.

Homework for Monday

1. Read the short story given to you in class.
2. Write a three-paragraph summary of the short story.
3. Find a summary of the same story online.
4. Compare your summary to the online summary.
5. Write a paragraph comparing both summaries.

Writing: 3-paragraph summary + 1-paragraph comparison = 4 paragraphs TOTAL

Homework for Tuesday

Write the body and conclusion to your essay
Return the introduction to class

Topics for Tuesday, July 14

Choose one of the following topics:

1. Do you think it's difficult to write an essay an English? Why or why not?
2. Have you ever enjoyed writing anything in English? Why or why not?
   
3. How is writing an essay different in your language than writing one in English?

You must write at least one paragraph.

Homework for Monday

Write the introductory paragraph to your essay
Use one of the topics from page 110

Homework for Friday

Exercise C on page 102: "Linking Readings One and Two"

1. Make and complete the chart on a separate sheet of paper.
2. Write a paragraph about which opinion you agree with more.
   

Topics for Thursday, July 9

Choose one of the following topics:

1. What are your thoughts and feelings about Michael Jackson?
2. What happens when a famous celebrity in your country passes away?
3. What famous singer or actor has affected your life deeply? How?

You must write at least one paragraph.

Homework for Wednesday

Combine the sentences in each group to make one sentence. Some of your sentences will be simple, some will be compound, and some will be complex. Punctuate each sentence carefully. Write the sentences together as a paragraph.

First sentence:

• (although) I love to go camping.
• I love this in the summer.
• I hate to sleep on the ground.
• The ground is hard.

Second sentence:

• (when) I get up in the morning.
• I can hardly move.

Third sentence:

• My back hurts.
• My muscles ache.

Fourth sentence:

• (when) We go camping.
• We always forget something.

Fifth sentence:

• We forgot to bring out tent.
• This happened last year.
• (so) We had to sleep in the open.

Sixth sentence:

• I didn't sleep at all.
• (because) I am afraid of snakes.
• I am afraid of bears.

Seventh sentence:

• (if) I see a snake.
• I scream.
• I run.

Eighth sentence:

• (if) I see a bear.
• I am frozen with fear.

Ninth sentence:

• I don't know why I continue to go camping every year.
• (because) I really don't enjoy it.

Homework for Tuesday

Pages 51-54 on your handout

• Pages 51-53 can be written in the spaces provided.
• Pages 53-54 can be written out on the last page of the handout.

Topics for Tuesday, July 7

Choose one of the following topics:

1. What did you think about this weekend's Independence Day celebrations?
2. How do people in your country celebrate a similar national holiday?
3. Do you think it is important for people to show pride for their country? Why or why not?

You must write at least 1 paragraph.

Provence, France

Here is the whole video about Provence that we previewed in class.
Provence is most famous for its fields of lavender, which is widely used in aromatherapy.
It's very expensive to take a vacation there in the summer.
This video is produced by the BBC, so it uses British English instead of American English.

Homework for Monday

Write a summary of the handout: either "healing touch" or "sugar and children."
The summary must be one paragraph long.

Topic for Thursday, July 2

Choose one of the following topics to write about:

1. What are your opinions about medicine in the United States?
2. Which doctors do you trust in your home country? Why?
3. Write about a famous "miracle cure" that failed in your home country.

You must write one paragraph.