Homework for Monday, Nov 14

Hi all -- No classes on Friday, for Veteran's Day! Thanks to our veterans!

For Monday, keep working on your draft and bring it to class. Make sure your introduction mentions the title and author (full name), and that this book is a memoir. Here are 2 sample ways to write a sentence with all this information combined (but you are welcome to write your own):

A Place to Stand is a memoir by Jimmy Santiago Baca.
In the memoir, A Place to Stand, Jimmy Santiago Baca discusses his childhood and how he ends up in prison.

Work on your topic sentences, too. Make sure they are focused on just one main idea.

Make sure quotes connect to your topic sentences, and make sure to introduce and cite them. Example: Baca writes, "..." (Baca 25).


AND -- as we discussed, FANBOYS are an important words that help you combine sentences. FANBOYS are 7 small words:

FOR
AND
NOR
BUT
OR
YET
SO

Go through your own paper and find 3 examples of those words. Underline the sentences. Look at the sentences and see if they are being used to connect sentences correctly. We'll look further at this on Monday.

I will return your draft to you on Monday as well.

Have a good weekend and see you in class!