The class will be divided into two groups. One group will read an essay about canned and fresh food. The other group will read the essay about vacations.
1. After reading the essay you were given, you will get into groups of two. Each member of the pair should have read the same essay as the other member. You will now work on creating an outline to fit the essay you just read.
**Make sure you write the outlines on paper. All members in your group should write an outline on paper because you will later split up and use your outlines!
2. You will switch partners so that those of you who read the Mountain/Beach are now partnered with your peers that read the Canned/Fresh Food. Discuss how the two outlines are different by focusing on form difference rather than the actual content difference.
3. You will be asked to share what your outlines looked like. Those of you who read the block essay will explain what your outline looked like and those of you who read the point-by-point essay will explain what your outline looked like for that essay. You will then be asked to discuss the differences between the two outlines that you came up with in your groups.
4. Let's take a look at the sample sample outlines as a class so you can see how the structure looks like independent of content. Notice how the beach/mountain essay is written. What is wrong with it?
5. For your next essay, you will be required to use at least two sources. What are potential sources?
Homework For Monday, September 26: Finish your outline of the assigned topic from the end of class. In addition, find at least one source that you would use to write this paper if I assigned it to you for real. Over the weekend, please email me 3 potential topics for a cause/effect or comparison essay. Write "ESl114 Topics" in the subject line.
