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Lesson Topic
Prompting the reader to read on
Lesson Outline
Looked at the first thing a reader reads: the Title. Discussed how a title could be a turnoff, or it could prompt the reader to read on. Katya took her working title -- The Causes of Divorce -- and changed it to Who Pulled the Plug? We agreed that was a much better title. We moved on to restructing Katya's introductory paragraph. Her opening sentence was great. Complimenting Katya. We looked at what should happen next. We agreed that the statements should now focus on what researcher are saying. Observation: Researchers have come up with lists of why people get divorced. But the problem is: not all these researchers list the same reasons. Complicating the issue is that some researchers are a lot more reliable than others. Those two statements, I said, could be the theme of the paper. We added: those two statements set up where the paper goes from here. Next, we used the phrase "According to" to identify the first source the paper will quote. We researched Scott Stanley's credentials and found he is a marriage counselor and the author of the book Fighting for Your Marriage. We added his credentials after his name. Then we block quoted the words we needede from an article he wrote. After that, we said Katya needs to comment on the quote -- which she did. Noted that this part 3 of "The Sandwich" could be expanded further before going on to a new paragraph and a new block quote.
Assignment
Katya to type in the next block quote and sent the draft to me.
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
Katya learned a lot and was very willing to learn.
Session Hours
1.00
Hours Attended
1.00
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Review Status
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