EAP2 WW 025 Class Page
This page is created for the benefit of students in CESL EAP 2 WW (Writers' Workshop) class. It will contain our assignments and links to sources. Welcome. Feel free to contribute.
LINKS
Go to Morris Library, to find an article (EBSCO) or a book (Illinet Online).
Read the New York Times, New York's most famous daily newspaper (requires a password, which you it's worth it, because it has a lot of great articles. And, as far as I know, they don't SELL your personal information).
Find out how to cite and refer to sources, both on the web and off (Cheng Library, William Patterson Univ.)
Write an e-mail message to Mr. Leverett
NEW YORK
POSSIBLE TOPICS
Urban sprawl (Mohammed)
garbage disposal (Sophie)
Endangered species
- sucker fish controversy
air quality
- Massassauga snake
- air pollution in general (Tao)
- carbon from power plants
- smoking in NYC restaurants and bars
water quality
- toxic air from 9-11 disaster (Ahmed) (Jin-Ah)
- drinking water
- New York harbor (Tomas)
- New York area beaches
- Hudson River PCB's
fishing/Atlantic Ocean
- Long Island Sound/Moriches Inlet restoration
Indian Point (nuclear power facility)
SCHEDULE for RESEARCH PAPER:
Wk. 2 Choose Topic
Wk. 2-3 Find, read, summarize articles (write Sum.-Resp. Essays)
Wk. 3 Research proposal is due
Wk. 4 Outline is due
Wk. 6 First draft is due
Wk. 7 Final draft is due
FIND A TOPIC FOR YOUR RESEARCH PAPER
Rules:
Your topic must have something to do with the ENVIRONMENT (so that you can use what you have learned in the core class)
Your topic must have NEW YORK CITY in it
Two people may do the same topic; however, they may not have the same LANGUAGE BACKGROUND. Also, do not make your papers SIMILAR; take different approaches. You may share sources.
Use KEYWORDS to find appropriate articles in the library. You should have an appropriate article by MONDAY. Please tell Mr. Leverett when you have a topic that you want, or an article that you want.
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