Note: this is the work that was shown in class
Your goal is to write a paragraph linking an idea across two different readings.
You can choose a link/connection of your own and you can use the following as your first sentence:
______ and ____ (fill in with author's or speaker's names) argue that _____ is one of the main problems in education today.
______ and ____ (fill in with author's or speaker's names) report _____ is crucial to a student's education.
______ and ____ (fill in with author's or speaker's names) feel that _____ is essential for improving education.
Examples using the sentences above:
Moore and Barber believe that corporate influence is one of the problems with American education today.
Archibold and Moore report that reading is crucial to a student's education.
Archibold and Moore feel that increased funding will help improve schools
Barber and other education critics argue that an understanding of other cultures is an essential part of a child’s education.
Your paragraph should include at least one quote from two writers explaining your point, and explanations of how the quotes are connected. You may also have to define a term or two.
Quotes must be word for word – use quotation marks. Introduce the quote with the author’s name and use a word from the Verb List on page 129 in I&C. See instructions on Incorporating Quotations on page 39 of I&C.
Example sentences – note placement of period and quotation marks.
Dr. Leo Botstein, head of Bard College notes that “fill in with quote from reading” (qtd. in Archibold).
Barber argues that a democratic society “[. . .] use the brackets and ellipsis when you use only part of a sentence” (23).
The main point, argues Dr. Thomas Sobol of Colombia’s Teachers Collge, is that schools “remember to quote word for word” (205).