2012+Spring+ESL+100

2012 Spring ESL 100

=Welcome to ESL 100 in Spring 2012!=



Argumentative Essay format

**__ESL 100 Essay #3 __** Discuss whether or not food is an important part of our lives. In //Like Water for Chocolate// food is object, metaphor, and a means of expressing a range of human emotions. Consider one or more episodes in which food is described in great detail, and use that passage to make an argument about the importance of food in this novel. You may wish to argue that food represents more than one emotion or condition. In any event, pay careful attention to the way in which the narrator describes the food, its preparation, and the reactions - both physical and psychological - of the people who eat it.
 * __Question 1: __**

Do you think //Like Water for Chocolate// is or is not a feminist novel? A feminist novel is one that is densely populated with women, with each woman representing a distinct version of femininity. Some women are clever and rebellious, others are doting and domestic, and others simply fit no describable mold. Select one or more characters and write a character analysis that supports your belief that //Like Water for Chocolate// is or is not a feminist novel.
 * __Question 2: __**

What is love? Discuss whether or not //Like Water for a Chocolate// is about love or about passion and lust. One of the ideas that is central to //Like Water for Chocolate// is understanding the nature of passion and how it is both the same and different from love. Select one or more characters and explain that person’s philosophy of love, through what that character says or how that character behaves.
 * __Question 3 __**:

You, your, yours, I think, I feel, I believe, in my opinion, would, should, could, may, might, I, me, my
 * __Use your printed essay:__**
 * __Cross out the following words:__**

Cross out repeats and rework sentences
 * __Circle and connect repeated words:__**

Homework due on 4/3

 * Bring printed outline for essay #2-- see pages 65-66 for help-- include thesis and topic sentences for body paragraphs
 * Bring Like Water for Chocolate book to class
 * Research help: [|www.santarosa.edu/library]
 * MLA sheets:

Final Draft due 3/8!
Turn in the following in this order: -Checklist -Prewriting (bubbles cluster, columns, etc.) -Shaping the Essay outline -Rough draft with highlighting, circling, etc. completed -Essay criteria sheet p. 93 -Final draft of essay including Work Cited on last page **emailed** to me by 7 pm

Homework due on 2/28
Read Steinbeck essay in reader pp. 46-50 Read Introduction questions in reader p. 51 Read Introduction in "The Harvest Gypsies" pp. v-xvii

Rough Draft due tonight-- 2/23! Turn in the following:

 * 1) Check list p. 92-- include Word Count
 * 2) Prewriting sheet-- paper
 * 3) Shaping the Essay Outline-- papers
 * 4) Essay-- email me (aoliver@santarosa.edu)
 * 5) Works Cited Page-- include on last page of essay

Getting Started

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Homework due on Tuesday, Feb. 14
 * Read "The Vigilante" pp. 93-100
 * Answer discussion questions and be ready to discuss them
 * Do a reader response for "The White Quail"
 * Come to class with your thesis!!!