Responsibility
Plus a little introduction
Michael Climo
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Californian
BA from SSU in Liberal Studies
M Ed from UNLA emphasis Post-Secondary ESL
Married with one daughter
Reading & Writing Connection
• Why read? Because it’s fun!!
• How do we get an essay idea from a reading?
• How can we write something based on what
we read?
Objective
• Identify, experiment with, and evaluate ways
to use a reading to create an idea.
• Recognize the creativity involved in writing an
essay.
Before the read
• What is personal responsibility?
More before we read
• Have you ever been to Japan?
• Do you know anything about Okinawa, Japan.
Some Vocabulary to Consider
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idiotically
self-evident
seek
ludicrous
sergeant
be stationed
somewhere
• barracks
• clarify
• regretfully
• amenable to something
Military Psychologist
• The essay we will read was written by a
military psychologist.
• Imagine being a military psychologist.
• What kinds of problems do you think soldiers,
their spouses and families would have?
Read & Think
• OK. It’s time to read this. As we do, consider:
– How do we get an essay idea from a reading?
– How can we write something based on what we
read?
Some other things to consider
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Did you like this writing?
How did this essay end?
How was it organized? What did it do?
How do most people say to write essays?
What does a writer do?