Note: With the essay discussions, you have a choice: develop a lesson for your MOP, or simply work the pages to help you begin writing your essay. (Which is what I would do.)
The (Dense) DIVISION AND CLASSIFICATION Page:
If you approach a topic, and explain the topic by breaking it down to individual parts which you then classify...you're doing it!
Look around the room in which you are sitting. How would you classify the things in the room? Here's a place to jot some classifications.
Piece of cake!
This is often a useful approach when writing papers for science courses, history courses, and sociology.
You might, for instance, be doing a sociological study of your high school.
One way would be to break down the population into classifiable parts: jocks, freaks, rednecks, etc.
OK. If you don't have an idea yet, jump over to the Topic Generator page and see what you come up with.
Once you've got a topic, hit the "Back" button on your browser to return to this page.
Write your topic here:
These essays should have a point.
You do not just divide and classify, you do so for a purpose.
You use the clique classification for instance, to make a point about how people in high school tend to form close groups.
What "point" (thesis) will your essay have?
Brainstorm some ways you might divide/classify the elements in your topic:
About now you should be ready to begin Drafting.
Hop on over to your word processor or use the very convenient Generic Work Sheet. Or use a crayon on the back of the guy sitting in front of you. Perhaps not.
When you've finished be sure to work on Drafting and Editing. Now turn that sucker in for a classification of "A".
Sudden Insight: Look at a table of contents in one of your text books. Is this not an example of division and classification? Huh? Isn't it??? Yeah!
It'll be fun, you'll see...
