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Research Project- Model Outline
1. Download the outline to Word/Writer
2. Begin typing your essay around the outline
3. After you have typed your paragraphs, delete all of the outline points (I, II, A, B, etc)
You may use the following sites in addition to your Aristotle Tragic Hero handout, but NOT WIKIPEDIA! The “Tragic Hero” and “Aristotle” entries are INCORRECT.
http://www.cnr.edu/home/bmcmanus/poetics.html
http://www.mc.maricopa.edu/~caylor/index221_files/aristoteliantragedy.htm
http://www.brainstorm-services.com/wcu-lit/tragedy.html
http://larryavisbrown.homestead.com/Aristotle_Tragedy.html
http://www.stjohns-chs.org/english/SHAKESPEARE/classical/poetics.html
All class periods: The Borders on Rt. 22 at Watchung has two copies of Joseph Campbell’s The Hero With a Thousand Faces on the shelf- stop by and have a coffee while you do a bit of reading!
If you can’t find the book, don’t worry- use quotes from the packet or use your online resources- find Campbell quotes and information for your essay here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monomyth or elsewhere online
ESSAYS ARE DUE MONDAY!
-10 points for each day the paper is late.
Young Workers: U Nd 2 Improve Ur Writing Skills
By PHYLLIS KORKKI
New York Times
August 26, 2007
A generation ago, employers were still lamenting the poor technical abilities of their entry-level workers. Well, that’s not much of an issue anymore, thanks to the omnipresence of computers, cellphones and the Internet.
In a survey of 100 human resources executives, only 5 percent said that recent college graduates lacked computer or technology skills, according to Challenger, Gray & Christmas, the outplacement firm.
The problem now is more basic. Nearly half the executives said that entry-level workers lacked writing skills, and 27 percent said that they were deficient in critical thinking.
It seems that some young employees are now guilty of the technological equivalent of wearing flip-flops: they are writing company e-mail as if they were texting cellphone messages with their thumbs.
In response, employers are sending a message of their own: When you’re in the office, put on those dress shoes and start spelling your words correctly, and in full.
