Sample paragraph in the format.

Body Paragraph--  Successful, organized.

TS:  Successful students are very organized and they realize organization will help them reach their goals.

F:  One thing successful students do, according to Downing is “…organize their notes and study them often” (115).  

O:  This means that they determine what notes are most valuable to learn and then they go over those notes again and again.

O:  Also, this means that successful students have a plan for how to be successful, and a piece of that plan is being organized.

F:  In addition, students who are interested in being organized “…chose their own goals and meet deadlines” that are important to their success (Downing 114)

O: This means that organized students make deadlines, or due dates, for themselves when they have multiple projects to complete.

O:  Further, organized students make sure to do what they have to do when they have to do it, and that is why they are able to be ahead of due dates and other deadlines.

CS:  One part of being a successful student is being organized in notes and due dates, and students who make an effort to do those things will be more successful than those who do not. 

Body Paragraph-  unsuccessful, not organized.


TS:  Students who are not organized will inevitably struggle or fail because of their actions.

F:  In On Course the author writes that unsuccessful students “…repeat unproductive actions such as complaining, excusing, blaming, and wasting time” (Downing 108).

O:  Unsuccessful students find all types of ways to explain why they are unsuccessful, and when they are not organized, they blame everyone but themselves.

O:  This means that they don’t organize their work and their lives, and they act like they are victims of the world around them instead of taking charge of their own lives.

F:  Additionally, students who are unorganized and unsuccessful don’t “…make the deadline valuable enough to do what needed to be done” (Downing 104).

O:  This means that they don’t care enough about their success to be organized enough to take care of their responsibilities.

O:  Also, this shows that things other than schooling and success are more important to them.

CS:  Being unorganized leads to excuses, missing deadlines, and ultimately, a lack of success.

1.  Our job is to gather, gather and gather more quotes for our C/C essays.  We have today's class and Wednesday's class to complete this part of our essay.

Once again, here's the thesis we are trying to support:


Successful students are organized, focused, and work hard whereas unsuccessful student are not organized or focused  and do not work hard.


A sample Paragraph for this thesis should look something like this:

TS:  Successful students are organized when it comes to school and life.
F:    For example, according to Downing, they "......................................" (pg).
O:   This shows/means that successful students..............
O:   This also shows/means that...............
F:    In addition, organized students "..............." (Downing pg).
O:
O:
CS: 

HW-  Find all 12 quotes!

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Update!  made it to 35 and thomas. Prob still 1 hr away. :)

Stuck on freeway-  multiple accidents.  You can wait if you need me and gather facts for your thesis or leave and work on your own.

1.    Journal-

 

______________ is the best/worst ______________.

 

2.    Show me.

 

3.    C/C thesis and research from the book.

 

Successful students are organized, focused, and work hard whereas unsuccessful student are not organized or focused  and do not work hard.

 

 

 

1.        Journal-  Pick two simple things, like burgers at MCD and BK and compare and contrast them.

2.       Essay read aloud…

3.       C/C essay notes.

Paragraphs: 

1.  5-6 sentence Introduction + last sentence is this thesis:  A good student is one who 1, 2, and 3 whereas a poor student is one who 1, 2, and 3.

2.   TS-  Topic sentence- Opinion from my thesis-  #1.

  F-    Fact-    “For example,”

  O-   Opinion-  This shows that.

  O-  This also shows that.

  F-    In addition,

  O-   This shows that

  O-    This also shows that

  F-     What’s more

  O-    This shows that

  O-    This shows that

  CS- Concluding Sentence

4.       Groups and C/C essay planning-  Figure out the system.