Henry David Thoreau quote - Library Way - NY City

The end point for our study of Dear America is that you are going to end up writing an essay for this text. Your text response essay will need to discuss:

- how the text constructs meaning
- how a text conveys ideas and values
- how a text is open to a range of interpretations

(Beardwood, 09, p.67).

Our learning/study of the text is about preparing for this. It is about getting to know the text well so that you will develop ideas and points of view about it that can be discussed in an essay.

Of course, to be able to discuss one's ideas and points of view in an essay one needs to have strategies and skills for approaching essay writing. This blogspace will discuss what an essay is, ways one can approach writing an essay and the little tips and tricks that one can use to help prepare for writing essays under SAC and exam conditions.



Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Rodney Chastant Quotes

  • ‘I choose Vietnam’ (Page 137)
  • ‘Here there is a job to be done’ (Page 136)
  • ‘One of the staggering facts is that most men here believe we will not win the war’ (Page 209)
  • ‘We should have never committed ourselves to this goal, but now that we have, what should we do?’ (Page 210)
  • ‘I was proud to be an American, proud to be a Marine, proud to be fighting in Asia’ (Page 211)
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