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• For the first few minutes of class, jot down some
  ideas about possible topics for your analysis
  assignment. Consider current events,
  controversial issues, and everyday things that
  affect you as a college student.

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What have we done so far?

• Summary
• Paraphrase
• What have you learned from those assignments?
• How will knowing how to summarize and paraphrase
  help you in the future?

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Sowhat comes next?

• Exploratory essay
• Article evaluation
• How do these assignments lead up to the analysis
  essay?

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Brief Assignment 3

• Objective To practice exploratory writing in
  preparation for more formal writing
• Description
• For this assignment, you will explore a topic
  that you anticipate possibly using for the 1.1
  analysis draft. Read the short essays on pages
  117 to 124, and then use Exercise 4.1 (page 116)
  to see sample questions that you can use to
  brainstorm topics for your analysis essay.

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Group activity

• As a group, choose one topic from the list you
  made at the beginning of class.
• Using the example questions in Exercise 4.1 on
  page 116 of your textbook, brainstorm some ideas
  about this topic.
• Organize your ideas into categories of related
  information.
• Be prepared to talk to the class about your
  findings.

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What happened?

• What topics did you choose?
• What kinds of information do you know about that
  topic?
• Were there any major gaps in your knowledge?
• How can you fill those gaps?
• What kind of research do you need to do?

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Brief Assignment 4

• Objective To practice evaluating an article as
  potential source material for an assignment
• DescriptionImagine that you have been given an
  assignment that requires you to write an analysis
  of a particular topic. One of the first things
  you would need to do to complete this assignment
  is to evaluate the list of sources provided.
  Select one source from the list provided below or
  sources suggested by your instructor, and use the
  Guidelines for critical reading in the St.
  Martins Handbook, p. 28, to help you evaluate
  that source. To complete this assignment, write
  an evaluation of the source you have chosen. Your
  evaluation should be approximately 2 paragraphs
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