BP 2 draft-

TS: Unsuccessful students aren’t organized.

F:  For Example, according to Skip Downing, these students fall “behind in their assignments, coming to class unprepared and expecting to get good grades with little effort” (24).

O:  This means, then, that being organized will help students keep up with assignments, and that will help them be successful.

O:  This also means that being unorganized can affect a student in many different ways.

F:  What’s more, unorganized students don’t plan for the future so they, “give little effort in choosing and preparing for a career” (Downing 48).

O:  TST they either don’t care or don’t have a clear picture of what they want to do in the future.

O:  TAST they expect things to happen on their own and they don’t take charge of situations.

F:  Additionally, unorganized students blame their failures on “the book, poor performance by their instructors, or the time the class meets” (Downing 23).

O: TST the unorganized student makes excuses for their lack of planning.

O:TAST being unorganized leads to problems.

CS: Unorganized students suck.

HW-  Draft BP 3

We turned the pp below into a perfect paragraph and for HW, we'll come to class with a draft of pp 2 in the format and change it to be better.

Building a C/C paragraph draft

TS:  Successful students are organized.

F:    For example, according to Skip   Downing, “A monthly planner is an easy and effective self-management tool” (108).

O:    This shows that students who use one will be able to keep track of assignments in classes.

O:    This also shows that students who use one are unlikely to fall behind.

F:  In addition, in On Course, the author writes that organized students also are “regularly planning out and carrying out purposeful actions” (Downing 139).

O:  This shows that they are unlikely to miss deadlines.

O:  This also shows that they have a plan for what they do and when they do it, and that helps them be successful.

F: Moreover, successful students “…make a plan then take one step after another even when they don’t feel like it” (Downing 113).

O:  This shows that being organized and having a plan is part of being successful.

O: This also shows that success comes from taking things step by step and making work easier.

CS:  Successful students are organized.

NEXT class-  Either BPP 2 or Revise BPP 1 depending on facts in class.

C/C

1.   Thesis ?  What is it?  What should we choose?  Make one in your journal for a C/C essay

2.  C/C essay plan-  Outline

Plan number 2

Thesis:  Successful students are organized, they set goals, and they are creators, whereas, unsuccessful students are not organized, don’t set goals, and act like victims.

BP 1  Organized

     F

     F

     F

BP 2  Not Organized

     F

     F

     F

BP 3  Set Goals

     F

     F

     F

BP 4  Don’t set Goals

     F

     F

     F

BP 5  Are Creators

     F

     F

     F

BP 6  Are not Creators

             F

             F

             F

3.  HW-  Return with the outline completed.  In class paragraph for essay on Monday.

Organized, , Goals, Creators,