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On my own website, you can learn about how students chose topics and you can download the worksheet that I used to guide them towards their choice.

The first thing I did was get the students familiar with the Persuasive/Memoir speech patterns that so many of the TED speeches possess. Many of the presentations, regardless of the length, whether they are 3 minutes or 23 minutes, tend to some share key common traits like: Hook Background Information Narrative Evidence Commentary Theme Call to Action Visuals

1. Metasearching using dogpile What I like about this is that on the page where your results are listed, it categorizes your results in ways that might behoove better research. If the student types in "global warming," then it asks if you would also like results that only focus on "causes of global warming," "effects of global warming," and so on. 2. Google Advanced Search Obviously, the more specific you search, the less work you have to do. Let Google do the work by spending just a little time creating parameters for your results. 3. Google Scholar This can be a little heady, but it has also led to some really interesting results. 4. Reading URLs What does a .org mean? .gov? .edu? What symbols may indicate personal sites? Reading the sentences of the URL is the first step in reliable searching online.

TONE: to begin with, Day adopted a somewhat humorous tone which allowed her to establish a sense of intimacy with the readers. Her voice turned to one of longing and nostalgia throughout the blog as she recalled the days when tattoos were a symbol of oppression. Disappointment is hinted at when she realises that today, it is rather a fashion statement and has been commodified. There is also a sense of regret, as she looks at her own tattoo and realises that because of social attitudes, that tattoo on her skin has forced her image into one of fashionary statemennt, when initially it was a symbol of her rebellion as a feminine. This tone full of longing becomes contagious to readers as they too realise that modern society has “dimished’ the image and “power” which tattoos once yielded

a) that the image of tattoos has changed over time. This is made undeniably clear by Day and inevitably becomes adopted by the readers as part of their views. This is important.

however she implictly argues against getting a tattoo, yet this is not the majority of her argument, the other one is) As the onus is placed on the reader to decide they read the opinions and are swayed either for getting tattoos or against.

But while you are in school, you should always be taking the opportunity to ask yourself, "what will happen next?" Watch situations and interactions unfold in the environment around you and try to predict the outcome. Write down or blog your predictions. With practice, you will become expert at predicting consequences.

The four major types of writing are: description, argument, explanation and definition. I have written about these elsewhere. You should learn to recognize these different types of writing by learning to watch for indicators or keywords.

learn how sentences are joined together to form these types of writing.