Paragraphs

1. The “hook”: a story about an individual who dropped out of school. Ideally, this paragraph should contain a quote from the person. It should also show that dropping out was a poor decision.

2. The “most people” or “many people” paragraph. This should demonstrate that there are many people like the example presented in the first paragraph. It should also show the reasons why people drop out.

3. This paragraph contains research about how to overcome one common reason for dropping out of school (which you presented in paragraph 2).

4. This paragraph contains research about how to overcome one common reason for dropping out of school (which you presented in paragraph 2).

5. Transition to a summary of Reeves’ argument about college not being for everyone.

6. Your response to Reeves’s argument.

Presentations:

1. http://www.eigenauer.com/english1a/TellingBothSidesExample.pps

2. http://www.eigenauer.com/english1a/WritingAboutCollege.pps

3. http://www.eigenauer.com/english1a/UnnecessaryWords.pps

Reeves’ article

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1272/is_2696_131/ai_101497549/print

Due Monday: the first six paragraphs of your essay titled: “Dropping out of College”.