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Southern Illinois University Carbondale

EAP2 WW 032 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).
  • Go straight to Lexis-Nexis
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  • Find out how to cite and refer to sources, both on the web and off (Cheng Library, William Patterson Univ.)
  • Use the dictionary (Merriam-Webster)
  • Find Grammar information
  • Write an e-mail message to Ms. Garcia or Mr. Leverett

    MAINE

    image from Atlantic Salmon Federation

    POSSIBLE TOPICS

  • Invasive aquatic plants (website)

  • Deer Management (website)

  • Harbor dredging (website)

    Endangered/threatened Species in Maine
  • Mercury pollution (website)

  • lobster industry/management

  • fishing industry/management

  • Maine wetlands (website)

  • Salmon farming

  • Atlantic salmon (website)

  • Hazardous waste sites

  • Water pollution/Atlantic Ocean

    Protection of wild forests
    • forest management

    • timber industry/paper and pulp
  • tidal energy

  • hydroelectric dams/fish passage (website)

  • wind energy in Maine (website)


    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 MAINE 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 Ms. Garcia when you have a topic that you want, or an article that you want.

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