English 101

1. Read Open Form to Closed Form Writing Styles 

    * Take note that the "open form" is the column on the right, all the way down that side of the handout. 

Here is "Open Form to Closed Form Writing Styles:

https://learning.hccs.edu/faculty/stacey.higdon/engl1301-5/readings/open-vs.-closed-writing

2. Use Evidence / Interpretation to make connections to "Mother Tongue"

Here is "Mother Tongue": 

http://www.u.arizona.edu/~sab4949/mother.html

Evidence / Interpretation 

* *Evidence: This asks you to point to and perhaps quote directly from what you read. Open with phrases like, "I read..." or "I noticed..." or "I saw/heard..."

 

* *Interpretation: This asks you to relate what you have cited for evidence to something else in your life, to make connections or raise questions. Consider a past experience, a personal experience, something else you have read somewhere else, or something you have learned in class. Use phrases like "I wondered..." or "I thought about..." or "I was confused by..." or "I related that to..."