Writing+2

A. Cloth and Thread (connected by thesis statement) Cloth = squares of fabric - or each paragraph Thread = the thesis statement Take your thesis statement and thread pieces of it through each paragraph. This creates cohesiveness and limits tangents. Every paragraph should be related to the thesis.

-No THESIS / No ESSAY Concept

Can you point to it? (Not wave to it) Pointing to something allows for definitive direction and the ability to talk about that one thing.....focusing the student. Waving at something (like a meteorologist) suggest that it's not really there.

Reading order vs. Writing order I-B-C / B-C-I

B. Buckets

STEPS 1. Introduce Broad Topic. Brainstorm with the class taking (and writing down without editing) notes on the board. SAMPLE: TOPIC - Cold War: Cuban Missile Crisis, JFK becomes President, China stops pro-Democracy protest, Gorbechev becomes Soviet leader....etc 2. Place items in bottom of bucket. 3 4 5 6 7

Bucket List Cold War

** Bucket # 1 **

· 1945: August 6 -- United States first used atomic bomb in war · 1949: September -- Soviets explode first atomic bomb · 1962: October -- [|Cuban Missile Crisis] · 1963: July -- Nuclear Test Ban Treaty ratified

** Bucket # 2 **

· 1989: June -- China puts down protests for democracy; Poland becomes independent · 1989: September -- Hungary becomes independent · 1990: March -- Lithuania becomes independent1990: October 3 -- Germany reunited · 1973: September -- United States helps overthrow Chile government · 1989: December -- Communist governments fall in Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, and Rumania; Soviet empire ends

** Bucket # 3 **

· 1949: September -- Mao Zedong, a Communist, takes control of China · 1960: November -- John F. Kennedy elected President · 1985: -- Mikhail Gorbachev ascends to power in Soviet Union · 1990: May 29 -- Boris Yeltsin elected to presidency of Russia

C. SOCACA - Thesis Statement - Supportable - does an expert agree with you - Opinionated - does it show the opinion of the student - Clear - have another student check this (i.e. clarity of one's own work is always there, because the writer knows what he/she wanted to say) - Analytical - Why/Because - Comprehensive - thorough - Arguable - Avoids Fence sitting.

1 Why did the English want to establish a colony in North America? 2 Why did the Stock Market crash in 1929? 3 Why did America get involved in WWII? 4 Why did America drop the bomb? 5 Why are Coolidge and Harding considered "bad" presidents and FDR considered "good"? 6. Why did slavery exist in colonial America? 7. To what extent was Catherine the Great a good leader? 8. Why was Poland partitioned in the late 18th century? 9. Which state is the most racist? Why? 10. What was the importance of the 1860 election? (Implied why?) Why was the 1860 election important? 11. What were the conditions which gave rise to labor unions? (Implied why) ---add "And Why?" 12. What role did racism play in the Holocaust? (How did racism play a role in the Holocaust? To what extent....)

ARE THESE GOOD QUESTIONS? Why/Why not?

Possible Answers: 4. After a hard fought Pacific campaign, America, unable to accept Soviet totalitarian rule, dropped the bomb so that the U.S.S.R. would not be able to fulfill their Potdam promise of "aiding" the allies in their mainland attack on Japan. 6. Had the sugar industry not been so profitable, the slavers would not be able to supply slaves to the colonies of Virginia and the American south; and therefore, slavery only existed in colonial America due to the heavy reliance on slaves in the Caribbean sugar trade. 12. Racism was the heart of the Holocaust.