1. Keep watching the 1 minute news on the BBC web site.
2.
Decide which business you will visit to solicit a gift card or
certificate for our dinner raffle. Discuss a date when to visit with a
parent. Also discuss selling your tickets-who will be your invited guests?
3. Outline the second section of your paper. This section should include:
How is Cuba doing in terms of your topic?
What is Cuba's relationship to this topic?
How does Cuba compare to its surrounding countries? To other island nations?
What types of improvements does Cuba need to make (if any)?
Have they made improvements over the last decade?
**Look for statistics and documents to support your ideas.
4. Please e-mail me your outline and make changes to the first section of your paper.
Homework due 12/18/14
1. Record 2 news stories from the BBC.
2. Come prepared for your group work. Are you on track for finishing your project by the end of January?
3. Write the 1st paragraph of your position paper. It can be broken into 2 smaller paragraphs.
Times New Roman, 12 pt. font
Use parenthesis when citing a web site. Please bookmark this site for help citing your sources:
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/2/
Ask an adult for help with citing your source if you do not understand the web site.
An average length of this section is 12-14 sentences.
4. Come see me if you are struggling with the writing.
2. Come prepared for your group work. Are you on track for finishing your project by the end of January?
3. Write the 1st paragraph of your position paper. It can be broken into 2 smaller paragraphs.
Times New Roman, 12 pt. font
Use parenthesis when citing a web site. Please bookmark this site for help citing your sources:
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/2/
Ask an adult for help with citing your source if you do not understand the web site.
An average length of this section is 12-14 sentences.
4. Come see me if you are struggling with the writing.
Homework due 12/11/14
1. Continue to watch the BBC and record 2 news stories.
2. Come prepared for the next stage of the backboard, art, flag or mini-flag project.
3. Write the topic sentence of your position paper. This will be the sentence that introduces your topic. Look in your delegate guide (in your binder) for an example.
4. Decide on the other details that will be in the first paragraph. Will they be: a UN document, a UN convention, a worldwide statistic? Will you have a quote from a UN official? Do you have enough history about your topic? What other details will you include in this paragraph? Write out these details in note form with bullet points (or type it). Seek out other web sites if you think you need more information.
5. Every time you use a web site for your position paper, copy and paste it into your source list. This will eventually be the last part of your position paper.
2. Come prepared for the next stage of the backboard, art, flag or mini-flag project.
3. Write the topic sentence of your position paper. This will be the sentence that introduces your topic. Look in your delegate guide (in your binder) for an example.
4. Decide on the other details that will be in the first paragraph. Will they be: a UN document, a UN convention, a worldwide statistic? Will you have a quote from a UN official? Do you have enough history about your topic? What other details will you include in this paragraph? Write out these details in note form with bullet points (or type it). Seek out other web sites if you think you need more information.
5. Every time you use a web site for your position paper, copy and paste it into your source list. This will eventually be the last part of your position paper.
