EAP2 WW 026 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).
Or, go straight to Lexis-Nexis, a database that has old LA Times articles.Read the Los Angeles Times, LA's most famous daily newspaper (requires a password for some articles; they will ask you for personal information, and hopefully don't sell it).
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 LOS ANGELES
POSSIBLE TOPICS
Urban sprawl/land development (Yvonne)
Solar energy (Awad)
Endangered species
- California condor(Rebecca)
- sea otters
- California tiger salamander
- Salmon(SangBong)
- freshwater shrimp
air quality
- desert tortoise
- VOC's (paint fumes, etc.)
- California's ban on gas additive MTBE
- traffic congestion/public transportation in LA (Jong Hyun)
water quality
- electric car development in LA(Tunge) (Angel)
- drinking water in So. Cal. (arsenic, etc.)
- Pacific Ocean-ship pollution (George)
- LA beaches
Mono Lake (SooIn)
- water conservation(Eric)
pesticides
rising gas from earthquake faults (see Playa Vista development)
Catalina Island preservation
SCHEDULE for RESEARCH PAPER:
Wk. 1-2 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 LOS ANGELES or SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 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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