Spring+2012+ESL+100+Student+Example

Spring 2012 Like Water for Chocolate Project
In the novel, Gertruid has a strong character and persistent personality because she did her domination, her right and uncontrollable of emotions.
 * //Like Water for Chocolate//** **Pre-Writing**
 * Choose one question. Which question did you choose? ___ Quetion Number Two**
 * Example: Tita is a weak character.**
 * Write your thesis statement here: **

Gertrudis is a power full woman, and she was fought for her freedom and gender. || Reason 1: Some women have not authority over them self. || The woman character are not dependent in the man. || Reason 2: This literature mixed of recipes and stores about domestic life. || The ranch is domain of mama Elena. || Reason 3: It talked about a woman of middle age Rosaure, and she wanted to follower Esperanza her education. || His grandmother teaches convinced to his education, and after many years of his work and study and returned for further ideas. || Reason 4: It talked about a young woman Tita, and her oppressed under her traditions and culture. || Esquivel creates a key to understanding the feminist nature of the novel || Reason 5: Reosaura as a woman is dependent on the competence and skill of others. ||
 * Analyze your topic. Look at both sides to understand the issue.**
 * ** Your opinion ** ||  ** Opposite opinion **  ||
 * Reason 1:
 * Reason 2:
 * Reason 3:
 * Reason 4:
 * Reason 5:

= = =**Essay #2 Pre-Writing Response**=
 * Choice #1:**

1. What story and theme have you chosen to write about?

2. Why did you choose this theme?

3. Are you going to be concentrating on the 1930s and 1940s in your research or on the present time?

4. Write your "working thesis" here:

5. List some of the sources you will be using in your research. (Remember that your sources must be reliable—they must be from a magazine, newspaper, journal, university or government website, etc. If you can’t identify the source—it’s not acceptable!) Next to each, write why you are using this source. What information does it contain that you think you can use?


 * Choice #2:**

1. What marginalized or disenfranchised group of people did you choose for your paper?

2. Why did you choose this group?

3. What do you know about this group before you do any research?

4. After doing a little research, answer the following questions:

a. What are some of the causes of the disenfranchisement?

b. What are some of the effects of the disenfranchisement?

List your sources below: Remember that your sources must be reliable—they must be from a magazine, newspaper, journal, university or government website, etc. If you can’t identify the source—it’s not acceptable!

Essay #1 Final Draft Response
List any feedback you received from April and other people who read your essay.

List what you changed for your final draft (Ex. Verbs, thesis statement) and **why**. . If you had more time, what else would you change about your essay?

What makes you proud about your essay?

Did you like writing about the theme you chose? **Why or why not?**

What did you learn in this unit?

Essay #1 Rough Draft Self-Response
How many paragraphs does your **essay** have? 5 paragraphs

Your **introduction** should have 3-5 sentences. How many sentences are in your introduction? Do you need to fix anything? If yes, what? I need two more sentences in my introduction. I also need to make it interesting. It's kind of boring.

How many **body paragraphs** do you have? 3 paragraphs

How many sentences are in: Each **body paragraph** should have 11 sentences. Do you need to fix anything? If yes, what?
 * 1) Body ¶ #1:
 * 2) Body ¶ #2:
 * 3) Body ¶ #3:
 * 4) Body ¶ #4:
 * 5) Body ¶ #5:

Your **conclusion** should have 3-5 sentences. How many sentences are in your **conclusion**? __Do you need to fix anything in your **conclusion**? If yes, what?__

What is your **word count**?

You should have 750-1,000 words. Do you need to add more words?

Copy your **thesis** here:

Did you prove your **thesis** in the essay? How? If not, can you revise your essay to prove it more clearly?

__ Which __pre-writing__ method do you like best and why (bubble clusters, line clusters, columns etc)?

Based on the feedback and class discussion, write your revised thesis statement here:

Please write the date here: 2/9/12

Please write your name: Example student

Please write your thesis statement: ** I have chosen to write about the short story “The Gift” because John Steinbeck shows that the main character, Jody, has two very different father figures: a strict father and a kind one. **

Then, comment on at least one other person's page.

1. What is the "source" in the thesis statement?

2. Does it give the writer's opinion? Why or why not?

3. Does it imply a structure for the essay? How many body paragraphs?

(Students with "odd-numbered" tickets, ESL100Student1, ESL100Student3, etc., please comment on the next number going up, so ESL100Student1 comments on ESL100Student2, and students with "even-numbered tickets," please comment on the next number going DOWN, so ESL100Student2 comments on ESL100Student1, and so on.)