Writing Skills I, Homework for Week 10

For homework, please have a read through the sections addressing writing paragraphs and conclusions in the reader (this can be found in the table of contents). Also, try this NY Times copy-editing quiz (click three times randomly to see the answer): https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/05/19/insider/00copyeditquiz6.html

Consider the essay we started to build in class:
Question: Are gap years a waste of time?

Thesis: Gap years aren't but entering university unprepared is.

Medium idea 1: Gap years provide the opportunity for orientation, now more important than ever.
Support: switch from G9 to G8 in Germany cuts out entire year, German Bachelor's system is 3 years and not 4 years, stats on drop-out rates between those with gap years and those without

Medium idea 2: Gap years provide skills necessary to excel at uni and to stand out in the workforce post graduation
Support: focus on individual examples including preparing for English studies by doing gap year in anglophone country, pursuing a FSJ and obtaining volunteer experience necessary for scholarship applications, obtaining first experiences living on one's own without pressures of studying

For homework, outline an introduction and a conclusion for the essay above.

Essay #4 will be due on the following dates:
Tuesday class: July 4th
Thursday classes: July 6th
Friday class: July 7th

For essay #4, you can rewrite an essay you didn't do so well on or respond to one of the following questions:
Do people value things more when they have to pay for them?
Can money buy happiness?
Does karma exist?