ESL 091:021                                                    HW 6                          Adapting 1^st Draft

Homework: 10-7-05        Due 10-14-05                     Late papers will be penalized.

1.      Write a page in Circle Journals.

2.      Read Chapter 6 until you understand, or get my help, or get help in the ALC.

3.      Carefully read “Writing to Communicate” on page 63-64.  Then do 1,2,3, and 4 at the top of page 64.  This is your note-taking for your essay, so do a good job. Do 2 and 3 on white lined 8 ½ x11” paper to hand in.

4.      In you book, on the bottom of page 64, write in the names of the two places in the THESIS statement of the intro.  Then you use the paragraph outline on 64-65 to plan the rest of the essay. You can do this in the book.  You MUST copy the introduction from the book to start your essay, and later copy the conclusion to end your essay.

5.      Then write a first draft of a paper about how YOU ADAPTED.  (see #4, above) Make it LONG.

• This paper should be 2-2 ½ pages long, typed double-spaced.  1½ pages is not passing.  Put in lots of explanation, detail, and other support to explain the 3 changes that you are discussing.
• NOTE:  You should copy the intro and conclusion from the book and create good, long middle paragraphs. 
• You must type this draft and all drafts of this essay!  Save your drafts onto disk and get help to make sure you have saved to both the computer and the disk before you close and leave the computer! 
• Please be careful:  This paper is not about changes around you.  It is about how YOU changed because of the differences in the two places.

An example:        

 In the USA, I often drive a car to take care of daily business and shopping, but when I moved to China this summer I had no car and I found that there were no taxis and very few buses in the city where I lived.  I adapted by walking a lot.  As a result, I became thinner and in better shape, so walking was not a problem.  I also adapted by learning where to buy things without having to walk far, and I learned the bus routes to places where I had to go.

(This paragraph is not perfect.  Can you add a topic sentence? More?)

• Does this paragraph describe both the situation in the old place and the situation in the new place?
• Does it describe how I changed my behavior to adapt to the change?
• Does it do anything else?
• Remember—the assignment is about how YOU changed YOUR behavior, not how “PEOPLE” do things differently—not about different situations, but how you changed to fit in with the new situation.
• YOU MUST turn in draft and all notes.  Staple everything.  Put newest in front!

• Remember: this must be typed!

Remember: A rough draft is as long as a final draft.  It is just not as “polished” as a final draft.

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