June+30

Introduction What is the university for? What is the value of a university education? If you have time, watch this short movie called 'Alegoria de la Caverna/ Allegory of the Cave'. It's a good introduction to academic inquiry at a university. media type="youtube" key="tiUjVbYft-M" height="315" width="420"

In class activities
 * word order/sentence structure
 * clauses
 * main or independent clauses
 * dependent clauses

> definition: an essay is an answer to a question. Sometimes you know the question; sometimes you have to think hard what the question is so that you can write a good, detailed essay in response. Essays are the usual way in which we communicate ideas in an academic context. > Structure of an essay Homework/Tarea My hometown Write an essay describing your hometown. Use the following questions words to help brainstorm (lluvia de ideas), and make sure you mention all five senses (sight, touch, smell, taste, hearing) so that your reader experiences your town
 * essays
 * introduction
 * hook
 * thesis
 * body paragraphs
 * topic sentence
 * supporting sentences (details, quotations, evidence)
 * conclusion
 * types of essays
 * narrative (beginning, middle, end)
 * descriptive (focuses on one or more characteristics)
 * process (describes steps in the operation/development of a process)
 * comparison/contrast (shows how two things are alike/different
 * argument (presents a point of view in order to persuade a reader)
 * Where (e.g. where is my town - explain its location)
 * When (when was my town built, when did I live there, when did i leave, when did I last visit?)
 * Why (why does my town exist there? Why do people live there/why do people leave there?)
 * What (What's notable about my town? What's good/bad about my town? What's my town like? What does my town mean to me?)
 * How (How did my family live there? How did the town grow/change/expand/contract?)
 * Who (Who lives there? Who do I know there? Who do I miss there?)

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