Write a paragraph about good ways for employees to relax. Include a topic sentence, three supporting sentences, and a concluding sentence. Write a paragraph about good ways for students to relax.

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Good ways to relax

Write a paragraph about good ways for families to relax. Include a topic sentence, three supporting sentences, and a concluding sentence.

Write a paragraph about good ways for employees to relax. Include a topic sentence, three supporting sentences, and a concluding sentence.

Write a paragraph about good ways for students to relax.

 

Describe a dream of yours you hope to one day achieve and tell us how your current education and career endeavors will help you get there.

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Worthy Women

Writing instructions: For your essay, please choose one of the following quotes and topics to address in 300-500 words. We are looking for answers that are honest, thoughtful, well-written, and focused. Note while relevant background information is always appreciated, we ask that you remain topic-focused in your answer.

1. DREAM – Describe a dream of yours you hope to one day achieve and tell us how your current education and career endeavors will help you get there.

2. GUIDANCE – Imagine you could have dinner with any historical figure (political, entertainment, public figure). In your essay, share who it would be, why you chose them, and what you would hope to gain from your conversation.

3. CULTURE – Share a practice or belief in your culture that has helped you on the educational and career path you are taking.

Did you use the point-by-point or block method to organize your body paragraphs? What made you decide to organize your essay in this way (3-4 sentences)? Consider the ways a comparison/contrast essay can be organized. Which organization did you choose and why?

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Compare or contrast two cities

Compare or contrast two cities essay (Paris vs New York City)

Remember that the two subjects you choose should have a meaningful connection so that you can draw comparisons or contrasts between the two.
Your thesis should convey the main idea of the essay and clearly articulate what two topics you are comparing/contrasting. Because you are writing in the informative mode for this essay, you should use objective language. Remember that for this essay, you are not trying to persuade or convince the audience that one thing is better or worse than the other; you are instead informing the reader about the similarities or differences between the two subjects in an objective manner.

After you’ve drafted your essay, answer the following questions about your writing. Include answers to all of the questions below your essay.

1. Did you use the point-by-point or block method to organize your body paragraphs? What made you decide to organize your essay in this way (3-4 sentences)? Consider the ways a comparison/contrast essay can be organized. Which organization did you choose and why?

2. In what ways did writing a comparison/contrast essay differ from the Narrative essay you wrote in Touchstone 1? Give specific examples (3-4 sentences). Consider how the structure, point of view, and purpose of the two essays differ.

3. Remember that the writing process is a recursive process, and your first draft of an essay is rarely your last. What part of the draft did you struggle with (3-4 sentences)? Think about how you could improve the draft if you continued the writing process with revision and editing.

Using specific examples and line numbers from both the Emancipation Proclamation and the Gettysburg Address, explain Lincoln’s practical and idealistic views regarding ending the Civil War.

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Ending the Civil War

Writing Prompt:
Using specific examples and line numbers from both the Emancipation Proclamation and the Gettysburg Address, explain Lincoln’s practical and idealistic views regarding ending the Civil War.

Explain the problem that this writer addresses. Which ideas in the proposal make sense to you? Which ideas do you question?

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Conquering the Freshman Fear of Failure

Write a response to this week’s reading: “Conquering the Freshman Fear of Failure” (471-73).
This reading is a sample of a proposal, a genre of writing in which the author defines a problem and provides possible solutions.
Explain the problem that this writer addresses.
Which ideas in the proposal make sense to you?
Which ideas do you question?

Write an essay either supporting or opposing the proposal to eliminate high-risk sports from schools’ athletic programs. Support your position with reasons, examples, facts, and/or other evidence.

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Elimination of High Risks Sports

Recent news reports have called attention to the high risk of several popular high contact sports. After examining the athletic programs across the country, high contact sports have been identified with a high incidence of tragic injuries.

Should people under 18 be restricted from playing these types of sports?

Write an essay either supporting or opposing the proposal to eliminate high-risk sports from schools’ athletic programs. Support your position with reasons, examples, facts, and/or other evidence.

Compose either a short story or 2 short short stories that meet the proscribed minimum standards. Incorporate specific elements of craft general to all creative writing into your composition.

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Creative writing

Compose either a short story (1000-2000 words) or 2 short short stories (500-1000words). that meet the proscribed minimum standards.

Incorporate specific elements of craft general to all creative writing into your composition; be sure to work with images, attend to the voice of the piece, develop characters (at least one must be dynamic), a setting (that is more than just a backdrop), and a plot and story (with a beginning, middle, and end).

Read peer work and assess their strengths and weaknesses through formal, written critiques that incorporate craft analysis and specific evidence to support your observations.

 

Write an essay either supporting or opposing the proposal to extend the school year. Support your position with reasons, examples, facts, and/or other evidence.

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Extending the School Year

For many students summer vacation is an exciting time; but for some, summer vacation means that they will forget what they have learned during the school year.  Another complication, according to Rachel Stark, is that “most modern American fathers and mothers work year round and scramble to find fun, safe, affordable programs during the endless parade of holidays that schools take but employers do not.”  Due to these issues, school districts want to offer a mandatory program, which extends the school year 4 weeks.  Should school districts support or oppose the proposal to extend the school year?

Write an essay either supporting or opposing the proposal to extend the school year. Support your position with reasons, examples, facts, and/or other evidence.

 

Explain the Robert Frost poem, “The Road Not Taken.” A poem of nonconformity OR a poem of regret: these are two common interpretations of this piece.

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Nonconformity and regret

Explain the Robert Frost poem, “The Road Not Taken.” A poem of nonconformity OR a poem of regret: these are two common interpretations of this piece. Your analysis MUST explore BOTH interpretations.

Organization Tips:
1) Once, again, use structure to clarify your thoughts and present your answer;-1-
2) Start with an introduction paragraph, containing a thesis that specifically names the issues your essay will explore;
3) Present your thesis ideas in subsequent body paragraphs, being systematic and orderly as you OVER-ARGUE your points;
4) Finish with a distinct conclusion paragraph;
5) Be detailed, making sure to support your claims with EVIDENCE from the poems;
6) MINIMUM number of paragraphs is 8.