Essay

Dear Students,

  For  Monday, 3/18, you need to hand in a typed essay in response to this prompt:

Did Mai Thi Kim (Heidi's biological mother) make the right choice when she decided to send her daughter to the United States? Why or why not?

Your essay should contain four paragraphs:

1) Introduction (on Monday, I will give you specific instructions on how to write it.)

2) Body (supporting) paragraph #1

3) Body (supporting) paragraph #2

4) Conclusion

The total length should be about 2.5 pages, with size 12 font. It should be double-spaced (which means skip a line so that I can write in corrections).  I will show you a model of this in class on Monday. At this level, I know you already know how to write an essay, but I will also go over the basic essay format as a review.

One requirement of this essay is that it must contain at least 7 conditional sentences:

1. 3 past-past unreal 

Example:  If Heidi hadn't come to the US, she might not have gotten a high level of education.

2. 3 mixed-time unreal

Example:  If Heidi's sister hadn't asked her for money, they might be closer now.

3. 1 present-present (always true) real

Example:  If children are taken away from their birth parents at an early age, they usually experience trauma.

Each conditional sentence must be highlighted in yellow.

Another requirement is that you need to use at least six words from the AWL (the Academic Word List). I will be giving you the list on Monday, 3/11. We will go over the definitions and usages of each word in class. Please highlight each AWL word.

Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AU_VUe2HX0

Dear Students,

 For Weds, please highlight these words on your AWL vocabulary list. (Note:  the words are in alphabetical order). You will already know some of the words, but you should look up the ones that you are not familiar with.

1) abandon

2) adapt

3) adjust

4) analyze

5) anticipate

6) aspect

7) capable

8) cease

9) circumstance

10) complex

11) concept

12) conflict

13) convince

14) crucial

15) discriminate

16) element

17) enable

18) environment

19) factor

20) indicate

21) inevitable

22) interpret (and a word that is related to this, but not on the list: misinterpret)

23) notion

24) obtain

25) outcome

26) perceive

27) perspective

28) primary

29) significant

30) somewhat

31) specify

32) symbol

33) target

34) transform

chose any topic that u can find from this Movie. (PS: Love, Discrimination and War.)