Spring 2019 EN096 Class - Take 2!

Featuring the Spring 2019 EN096 Class!

Use analysis, synthesis, and perspective on a basic level to interpret texts

Visit http://blogs.monm.edu/writingatmc/files/2013/01/Critical-Thinking-Handout.pdf.

Identify tone and make valid inferences in a text

Visit https://www.centergrove.k12.in.us/cms/lib4/IN01000850/Centricity/Domain/490/Tone-and-Purpose.pdf

Online Review: Argumentative Practice Essays

Click on the following links to complete the required argumentative essay activities:

ARGUMENTATIVE PRACTICE ESSAY #1

ARGUMENTATIVE PRACTICE ESSAY #2

Paper #4 Topic Selection (Argumentative)

Argumentative (Persuasive) Essays:
https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/academic_writing/essay_writing/argumentative_essays.html


Argumentative Essay Topics: http://www.ar.cc.mn.us/beste/english1121/research/topic_suggestions.htm

Reflect critically, interpret content, and make connections to other texts, situations, or disciplines

Visit https://www.skillsyouneed.com/learn/critical-reading.html.

Identify valid points of supporting evidence for a text

Visit https://app.shoreline.edu/doldham/SRR.html.

Online Review: Narrative Practice Essays

Click on the following links to complete the required narrative essay activities:

NARRATIVE PRACTICE ESSAY #1
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NARRATIVE PRACTICE ESSAY #2

Paper #3 Topic Selection (Narrative)

Narrative Essays:

https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/academic_writing/essay_writing/narrative_essays.html


Narrative Essay Prompts:
http://grammar.about.com/od/developingessays/a/topnarrative07.htm

EN096 Composition Practice Topics

1.  Discuss a political, environmental, cultural, or social challenge that our island is currently facing. Support your choice.

2.  Compare or contrast the quality of life people experience on Guam to the quality of life available to people in another place.

3.  Some people are actively involved in promoting and supporting a cause, such as the release of international political prisoners or protecting the environment.  Is there a cause you actively support?  Write an essay convincing readers to support that cause.

Annotate, summarize, paraphrase, and respond to text

Visit https://courses.lumenlearning.com/basicreadingandwriting/chapter/outcome-summary-skills/

Distinguish fact from opinion in a text

Visit http://aeo.sllf.qmul.ac.uk/Files/CriticalThinking/fact%20or%20opinion.pdf.

Visit https://www.ereadingworksheets.com/reading-worksheets/fact-and-opinion-worksheet.pdf.

Answer content and inferential questions based on facts, opinions, context clues, connotation, and structure

Visit http://www.shipk12.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Second-Grade-LA.pdf.

Visit https://www.nfer.ac.uk/publications/EDR01/EDR01.pdf. 

Use a graphic organizer or outline to show structure of text

Visit http://www.inspiration.com/visual-learning/graphic-organizers.

Visit http://www.adlit.org/strategies/23336/.