Just a reminder:
The talking to the text assignment is due tomorrow Thursday, October 18th. Please submit via Edmodo.
Ensure you have two separate articles on the Northern Gateway Project pasted into a Word document. From there ensure you have the following talking to the text elements using track changes:
- Monitoring meaning: defining new words; words you are unfamiliar with
- Questions: probing, relevant questions related to issues brought up in the article
- Connections: make connections to other things you have read or seen
- Golden nuggets: key quotes from the text that summarize the central argument or point being made
- Summary: for those looking for bonus marks, include a short summary of the article
Blog post outlining your position on the Northern Gateway Project due Friday, October 19th
The following sentence frame will help you:
Opening: Recently we have been studying…
Thesis statement: After reading several articles and seeing two videos for and against the project I believe that….
Develop:
Specifically, …
More to the point, …
By this I mean that…
Further, Moreover,
State argument:
One key argument supporting this position is..
There are many arguments supporting my position, but the one I think is most central is…
I believe this because…
Support
____ in the Vancouver Sun writes, “…..”
Here we can see that..
