Project:# 6 The Essay

The essay is made of paragraphs.

The Essay, Montaigne

Essay writing is a skill. Learn more about this artform.

You will be reading articles from OnLine Newspapers. Currently you will read the stories in the Read the News section of Today's Menu. You will write a response based on the articles you read. Include any personal insights, experiences, and opinions as you conclude your own essays.

Follow this plan:
• What does it say?
• What does it mean?
• What does it matter?

Ten steps for boosting creativity.

Try searching for thinking puzzles, which make great ice-breakers for discussion.

Tactics that Encourage Active Learning

Lies Untruth and Consequences. From Washington to FDR to Nixon, presidents have always lied. Here’s what makes George W. Bush different.

This I Believe

"What's in a Name? Parsing the ‘God Particle,’ the Ultimate Metaphor." An essay by Dennis Overbye.

Justice Learning is an innovative, issue-based approach for engaging high school students in informed political discourse.

Using Logic in Composition.

Examples of Fallacies

How the Language Really Works: The Fundamentals of Critical Reading and Effective Writing

A theory of argumentation developed by Stephen Toulmin.

The Compare and Contrast essay as described by David Flanagan, Dept. of Writing, Ithaca College. Essays
Contributed by members of NCTE Talkie list

1. A Hanging George Orwell
2. Shooting An Elephant George Orwell
3. The War Prayer Mark Twain
4. War is a Racket by Gen. Smedley Butler.
5. THE IMMENSE JOURNEY by Loren Eiseley
6. "Salvation" by Langston Hughes
7. "Shame" by Dick Gregory
8. Tragedy and the Common Man by Arthur Miller
9. "Advice to Youth" by Mark Twain
10. Three by Royko
11. Bailey White essays
12. Sarah Vowell
13. Persuasive Essays

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* Why isn't phonetic spelled the way it sounds?
* Why are there interstate highways in Hawaii?
* Why do we drive on parkways and park on driveways?
* Why is it that when you transport something by car, it's called a shipment, but when you transport something by ship, it's called cargo?


Larger Issues to Ponder!!

* AdBusters
* AntiDefamation League
* AntiRacism
* Try this idea on the history of Child Labor
* Editorials around US.
* Propaganda
* Southern Poverty Law Center
* Tolerance
* More on the Writing Process

What do you Ponder???

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