Judybailey61 I am needing help with these questions. I am…

judybailey61

I am needing help with these questions. I am needing this by tonight if possible. Each question needs to be around 200 words. 1.I would like for everyone to begin thinking about your background with the forms of writing at the center of this course--academic writing, informed by research. What do you already know about the writing you'll be asked to do in EN 106? What biases or preconceptions do you have about the limitations or challenges involved with the work in the coming weeks? To what extent to you already practice the "habits of mind" of academic writers? Post a detailed paragraph about your background with research and expository writing. Have you written an academic essay before? Under what circumstances? What did you create? How did you come up with your ideas? Have you been given any advice (such as never use "I" in an expository essay) that you would like us to talk more about? What else concerns you as you get started with this course? Are there specific questions you have about the work we will be doing? What are your expectations for the course? 2.You'll place James Loewen's essay "Lies my Teachers Told Me..." in conversation with Paulo Freire's this week to form the basis for your essay due on Sunday. In this discussion thread, let's read rhetorically to understand Loewen's central claims and the ways that he tries to persuade us of those claims. Anticipating this week's essay assignment, let's also engage in some synthesis of Loewen and Freire's ideas. In your initial post this week, answer two out of the following questions (some are adapted from those posed by Greene and Lidinsky): Loewen chooses to start out his essay memorably, with the dramatic statement "High school students hate history. " But even before that first line, Loewen persuades his readers by citing four quotations about history. What is the rhetorical (i.e., persuasive) effect of choosing to start out in this way? How do the quotations foreshadow Loewen's thesis? For that matter, what is Loewen's thesis? At what points in his essay does he make this thesis clear? How and where does Loewen anticipate counterarguments? How effectively do you think he addresses the concerns of readers who might disagree with him? What conclusions can you draw from Loewen's writing about addressing resistant readers in your own writing? In your essay this week, how will you resist binary thinking and, to quote Greene and Lidinsky, "seek and value complexity"? In Chapter 4, Greene and Lidinsky present the idea of reading to discover a writer's "frame," "the perspective through which a writer presents his or her arguments." What "frame" is Loewen using? How is that frame similar and/or different from Freire's? What topics and arguments can you trace between Loewen and Freire's essays? What do these connections mean? What issues in the Freire-Loewen conversation are most interesting to you? Why? Are there any examples from your own schooling that you can relate to this conversation? In your responses, make sure to provide a full answer to all questions, referencing specific moments in Freire's and Loewen's texts to support your answers. For all references, use MLA in-text citations. 3.We will use this discussion thread to generate and respond to working thesis statements for the essay due at the end of this week. Greene and Lidinsky present three helpful models for formulating a working thesis: The Misinterpretations model: "Although many have argued X, a careful examination suggests Z." The Gap model: "Although others have noted X, they have overlooked the importance of Y." The Modification model: "Although I agree with the X and Y ideas of other writers, it is important to extend/refine/limit their ideas in this way..." These thesis models are certainly not the only options available to you, but they do offer ways to enter an academic conversation and make a contribution that extends beyond merely summarizing or echoing someone else's ideas.