Reading to Write: Deconstruction, Reconstruction, Self-destruction?

1. Reading to Write: Deconstruction, Reconstruction, Self-destruction? RACHEL BENNETT Li-Lee Tunceren ST. Petersburg College

2. EAP at St. Petersburg College • 0200 / 0295 Basic I/Basic List/Sp. • 0300 / 0395 Basic II/Int. I List/Sp. • 0400 / 0495 Int. ESL/Int. II List/Sp. ------------------------------------------------------- College Level Courses: Blended & Online • 1500 / 1595 Advanced I/ Adv. List/Sp. • 1695 Advanced II • 1696L Comp. I L2 Writing Lab Integrated Skills Approach

3. SPORTS DOPING [5 readings] Goals: • Read, comprehend, analyze each article • Complete reading-to-write log 1. Designer Steroids: Ugly and Dangerous 2. The ABCs of HGH: Don’t know human growth hormone from anabolic steroids? Here’s a guide 3. Performance-enhancing Drugs in Sports: Research Feature 4. Why the silence? Athletes need to speak out about sports doping 5. The BALCO Case: Conte Changes Tune, Names Names

4. SPORTS DOPING [5 readings] Reading-to-Write Log Unit 2: Sports Doping

5. Sports Doping [PED’s] Unit 2: Reading-to-Write Log

6. Close Reading - sample • What type of introduction is used? • Highlight the thesis if it is stated; write one if it is implied. • Who is the intended audience? How do you know? Highlight evidence in the text. • Why did the author write this article? For what purpose? • What’s the author’s voice like, the feeling, the tone of the piece? Does the tone match the purpose? • Is the author successful? Why or why not? Show evidence. Reading IV Why the Silence? Intro. Thesis Target Readers Purpose Tone Your Thoughts/ Evaluation

7. Reading Comp Quiz sample • Quinn believes that… • Quinn reports that… • Quinn purports that… • Quinn claims that… • Quinn theorizes that… • 6. Quinn thinks that… • 7. Quinn explains that… • 8. Quinn realizes that…. • 9. Quinn concedes that… • 10. Quinn wishes that…. Reading IV Why the Silence? True/False Mult. Choice Fill-ins Vocabulary Paraphrase React

8. Sports Doping [PED’s] Unit 2: Reading-to-Write Log

9. 1. The FDA’s power to regulate performance-enhancing dietary supplements such as the caffeine-like weight-loss aid ephedra, androstenedione and the muscle-building amino acid creatine monohydrate was dealt a major blow in 1994 with the passage of the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA). • ------------------------------------------------------ • 2. MLB’s controversy over performance enhancers has raged ever since allegations surfaced in 2003 that the Bay Area Laboratory Cooperative (BALCO), a California nutritional-supplement company, had been distributing illegal performance-enhancing drugs to some of the game’s top players, including Barry Bonds and New York Yankees slugger Jason Giambi. Paraphrasing is not easy. Group 1 Group 2

10. Athletes who use dope to improve their performance, it will mass • up their life such as health problem, ethical problem, and • reputation problem. • 2. Sports doping can damage the value of sports games, health of • athletes, and legality of drugs. • 3. Using steroids will increase your risk of high blood pressure, acne, • heart disease etc. • 4. Sports doping breaks the value of sports, affects health, and it is • harmful to the athletes. • More and more athletes admit that they take PED's, it is time for • the dangerous game to stop. • 6. Sport doping can only be eliminated by enlighten people effects of • drugs, establish strict regulations, and frequent testing. • Athletes who continue to dope should face their fake athletic • passion. Thesis statements are not easy. Main idea Controlling ideas Parallel structure Relevance Demonstration of Learning Demonstration of Thought

11. Finally, taking steroids will bring negative effect in legal system because more professional athletes who use PEDs are becoming more noticeable. As stated in Ryan Quinn’s article, “In the BALCO scandal, Barry Bonds, Jason Giambi, Marion Jones, etc. has been dragged front and center” at the court (2008, Page 95). However, there are consequences to doping. For instance, as pointed out in Marion Jones Comes Clean article “Marion Jones was stripped of her Olympic medals she won while competing in violation of rules and lost her freedom for a decade” (2009, Jones). Sport doping will damage an athlete’s reputation. As illustrated in Ryan Quinn’s article (2008), “The secret testimony by the elite athletes was leaked to the media and it made the public demand answer to legal questioning” (Page 80). The sports fan would want to know the details about the illegal drug cases that related to professional athletes. Paragraph/Essay writing is not easy. Main idea Controlling idea(s) Unity Coherence Sentence structure Vocabulary Accuracy/Edited Voice

12. Finally, taking steroids will bring negative effect in legal system because more professional athletes who use PEDs are becoming more noticeable. As stated in Ryan Quinn’s article, “In the BALCO scandal, Barry Bonds, Jason Giambi, Marion Jones, etc. has been dragged front and center” at the court (2008, Page 95). However, there are consequences to doping. For instance, as pointed out in Marion Jones Comes Clean article “Marion Jones was stripped of her Olympic medals she won while competing in violation of rules and lost her freedom for a decade” (2009, Jones). Illegal sport doping will damage an athlete’s reputation. As illustrated in Ryan Quinn’s article (2008), “The secret testimony by the elite athletes was leaked to the media and it made the public demand answer to legal questioning” (Page 80). The sports fan would want to know the details about the drug cases that related to professional athletes as criminals. Paragraph/Essay writing is not easy. Topic/main idea Controlling idea(s) Unity ? Coherence Sentence structure Vocabulary Accuracy/Edited VOICE ???

13. Let’s continue the conversation Rachel Bennett Bennett.rachel@SPCollege.edu Li-Lee Tunceren Tunceren.lillien@SPCollege.edu