Entries from September 2008

September 18, 2008

Place your facts . . .

Post your facts with appropriate in-text citation.  Make your facts direct quotes from a reliable source. Your in-text citation should reflect the first element of a potential works cited.

September 17, 2008

Post Thesis Statements

Directions:  Think about the list of possible persuasive topics we discussed in class (i.e., video games, cell phones, Internet usage, etc.).  Come up with three different thesis statements about a persuasive topic (your statements can be about anything–even those topics not on our list).
Then, evaluate one another’s statements. Do you feel as though someone’s thesis [...]