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Responsibility. Plus a little introduction. Michael Climo. Californian BA from SSU in Liberal Studies M Ed from UNLA emphasis Post-Secondary ESL Married with one daughter. Reading & Writing Connection. Why read? Because it’s fun!! How do we get an essay idea from a reading?
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Responsibility Plus a little introduction
Michael Climo • Californian • BA from SSU in Liberal Studies • M Ed from UNLA emphasis Post-Secondary ESL • Married with one daughter
Reading & Writing Connection • Why read? Because it’s fun!! • How do we get an essay idea from a reading? • How can we write something based on what we read?
Objective • Identify, experiment with, and evaluate ways to use a reading to create an idea. • Recognize the creativity involved in writing an essay.
Before the read • What is personal responsibility?
More before we read • Have you ever been to Japan? • Do you know anything about Okinawa, Japan.
Some Vocabulary to Consider • idiotically • self-evident • seek • ludicrous • sergeant • be stationed somewhere • barracks • clarify • regretfully • amenable to something
Military Psychologist • The essay we will read was written by a military psychologist. • Imagine being a military psychologist. • What kinds of problems do you think soldiers, their spouses and families would have?
Read & Think • OK. It’s time to read this. As we do, consider: • How do we get an essay idea from a reading? • How can we write something based on what we read?
Some other things to consider • Did you like this writing? • How did this essay end? • How was it organized? What did it do? • How do most people say to write essays? • What does a writer do?