Choose One of the Following to Complete Your Muskrat 2.0 College Composition Project

COLLEGE COMPOSITION MUSKRAT 2.0 PROJECT MR. PALMER

Choose one of the following to complete your Muskrat 2.0 College Composition Project:

*Visit the St. Clair County Library’s website (www.sccl.lib.mi.us) and search “Library Databases”. Locate “Article First” and search for a professional article to your liking and follow the analytical writing format below:

Analytical Paper Format Introduction: Background information: (Contains title of literary piece, author and background about the piece. 2 – 3 sentences) Thesis Statement - (Contains a brief description of your purpose, such as exploring a particular theme – a gives your read an idea of what you will be discussing in your essay. 1 sentence – Note: all Topic Sentences (see below) must tie back to your thesis statement) ***Example of a thesis statement – In his short story “The Scarlet Ibis,” Hurst uses the tragic relationship of two brothers to demonstrate the themes of pride and acceptance.

Body Paragraph(S): (Typically two or more paragraphs are required here). Topic Sentence (Contains the main idea of the paragraph): Primary Support Statement (a sentence which supports the topic sentence) Secondary Support Statement (Concrete Illustration in the form of a quote from the text, which supplies a specific detail about the primary support statement) Primary Support Statement: (a second sentence which supports the topic sentence) Secondary Support Statement: (Concrete Illustration in the form of a quote from the text, which supplies a specific detail about the primary support statement) Primary Support Statement: (a third sentence which supports the topic sentence) Secondary Support Statement: (Concrete Illustration in the form of a quote from the text, which supplies a specific detail about the primary support statement) Concluding or transition sentence: (You words explaining how this paragraph and its contents support your thesis statement): Conclusion: Restate Thesis– reword your purpose Draw Conclusions - (Offer your reader a statement of discovery – what you discovered about your theme and its relationship to our world, based on your study of the characters and the novel. 2 – 3 sentences). *Create a brochure on place you visited during summer vacation. If you stay in the Algonac area, please feel free to create one based on features in the Blue Water area (Hint: You may want to visit the Algonac Historical Society Museum for help).

*Write a movie review for any movie you watch over the summer (*Note: Parent/Guardian permission must be granted for an R-rated film). See format below:

MOVIEW REVIEW FORMAT

THE FOLLOWING IS A GUIDELINE TO WRITING A MOVIE REVIEW… Title of Movie Paragraph 1: Name of film Prominent stars Basic setting (time and place) Type of film (Drama, Comedy, Adventure, etc.)

Paragraph 2: Plot summary of the movie BUT not revealing the ending Discuss several events to cover the entire scope of the film (EXCEPT the end)

Paragraph 3: Discuss one aspect of filmmaking (you may choose from acting, direction, editing, costume design, set design, photography, background music, or anything else) Be sure you are specific and cite examples from the movie

Paragraph 4: Discuss another aspect of filmmaking. Be sure you are specific and cite examples from the movie

Paragraph 5: Give your overall reaction to the film and rating (1-4 Stars; 1 = not good, 4 = great) *Find the Comma Rule assignment. See below.

Comma Rule Assignment

Based on the following comma rules, find examples from either your current reading OR from what you have read in the past. If you use a book for an example for #1, you cannot use it again for any other number. Make sure to include the author, title, and page number.

1.) Appositive and appositive phrases - use commas to set off and enclose an appositive (a word or phrase which can be substituted for a name - do not confuse this rule for renaming a noun with merely describing a noun.) Example: Tony Ahern, the captain of the soccer team, is in my English class.

2.) Compound sentences - use a comma before AND, BUT, FOR, NOR, OR in a compound sentence. Example: The menacing dog growled, and I approached him cautiously.

3.) Coordinate Adjectives - use a comma to separate two or more adjectives (descriptive words) BEFORE a noun if the word order of the two could be reversed and the word "and" could be substituted for the comma. Example: The weary, emaciated man collapsed.

4.) Direct Address - use commas to set off direct address. (When you write a situation where one character speaks directly to another person and uses their name.) Example: Hey, Josh. Where are you going?

5.) Interrupters - Use commas to set off introductory words and expressions which interrupt the sentence. These expressions are often called parenthetical expressions because the words themselves are not essential to the sentence and could be placed in parentheses. Example: My essay, to be perfectly honest, flew out of the bus window while I was riding to school.

6.) Introductory Clauses or phrases - Use a comma after an introductory clause or more than one phrase at the beginning of a sentence. Example: After we won the game, we celebrated at Wagon Wheel.

7.) Parenthetical - Use commas to set off and enclose nonessential phrases or clauses (participial phrases or dependant clauses which are not essential to the meaning of the sentence.) Generally, nonessential phrases or clauses serve to provide extra information or clarification. Example: My all-time favorite car, with its teardrop head lights and classic grill, is a 1940 Ford coupe.

8.) Series - Use commas to separate items written in a series such as separate items or words, phrases and subordinate clauses and short independent clauses in a series. Example: The mountains, the lakes, the meadows and the wildlife should be protected in this area.