Good day. I hope you are feeling well, and that you enjoyed yourself over the weekend. Today we have several things to do: review the summary work assigned last, review the essays describing a hypothetical change in your life circumstances and the use of conditional and subjunctive verb tense, and address some matters of sentence construction and grammar. Finally, I will have you write a short essay in class on one of the topics listed below.. . . . . . .
Midterm essay: compose a one-three paragraph essay of about 200-350 words. The main idea or topic sentence should be clear. Readers expect you to make a clear point and not to wonder if they have missed something. If the main idea is stated directly (explicitly) in the essay, underline it. If it is implicit (i.e. not stated anywhere but clearly implied from all you've written), write it below the finished essay. The bulk of the paragraph should develop the topic idea by means of description, specific details and examples, brief narration, commentary and observation (your thoughts on the matter), and so on. Provide enough support to carry your point well. The opening sentence should provide a smooth lead-in and/or statement of the essay's central idea (topic idea). The final sentences should be winding up the discussion to provide a sense of finish.
Title the essay.
Here are the prompts for the essay, with the final one open to your own inclinations. Choose only one of the topics. Remember, you will have one major point to make and support, building the essay around this point (topic or thesis).
1. Lost–description and narration.
2. An unwelcome guest–description and narration.
4. A healthy diet–a definition.
5. Going out on a limb–the risks and rewards.
6. An inspiring person or idea.
7. A recent discovery.
8. Any topic you would like to explore in this one-paragraph essay.
I will collect the papers at the end of the class. Do not use the Internet for content in this essay.
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