English 101: More on the Comparison/Contrast Essay
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Summary
This video lecture is an extensive guide on how to craft a comparison and contrast essay. It starts by discussing the traits of active versus passive learners, emphasizing the need for active engagement in learning processes. The instructor navigates through various dimensions of comparison such as different learners' behaviors, similar versus different historical events, and even contrasting personal experiences at different locations. Essential tools for structuring an essay, like the thesis statement and plan of development, are highlighted. The session includes colorful examples from literature, historical events, and even entertaining comics to make the points engaging and relatable. This comprehensive instructional video offers a vast array of advice and insights ideal for students who wish to excel in writing comparison and contrast essays.
Highlights
Differences between active and passive learning techniques highlighted. 🎯
Exploration of different educational and historical comparisons. 📖
Guidance on structuring a comparison/contrast essay effectively. 📝
Usage of funny anecdotes and jokes to explain points. 😂
Visual aids and comics used to explain differences between left and right brain activities. 🤔
Key Takeaways
Active learning is more effective than passive learning for understanding and retention of information. 📚
Use transition words to guide your reader through your essay smoothly. ✍️
Comparison and contrast essays help in evaluating strengths and weaknesses of subjects. 🔍
A well-structured essay includes a clear thesis statement and organized points. 🗂️
Funny anecdotes and historical comparisons make lessons engaging. 😂
Overview
The lesson kicks off by distinguishing between active and passive learning, urging students to embrace active learning strategies. This sets the tone for understanding how active learners succeed compared to their passive counterparts, as the instructor shares insights into effective learning habits.
Moving on, the lecture touches upon the art of comparison and contrast in essay writing. Through examples ranging from historical events to personal anecdotes, the instructor details how to craft essays that analyze differences and similarities between subjects, be it through chronological or thematic approaches.
Incorporating humor, anecdotes, and even comic strips, the lecture engages students visually and intellectually. The session wraps up with practical advice on writing thesis statements and structuring essays, ensuring students leave with a toolkit full of techniques ready to enhance their essays.
Chapters
00:00 - 01:30: Introduction and Opening Discussion Introduction and Opening Discussion - The chapter begins with greetings and a brief introduction, setting the stage for a journey that everyone is on, filled with personal hopes and dreams. The emotional tone is reflective and optimistic as the discourse hints at individual paths and aspirations.
01:30 - 08:00: Active vs Passive Learners The chapter 'Active vs Passive Learners' starts with the speaker discussing their intention to continue with a PowerPoint presentation. They mention a point of transition or return to a previous task, which involves updating the PowerPoint slides. The mention of 'putting two cars' may be metaphorical or part of an educational tool or analogy used within the presentation. The specifics of active versus passive learners, however, are not detailed in the transcript provided.
08:00 - 19:00: Comparison and Contrast in Learning The chapter titled 'Comparison and Contrast in Learning' likely discusses the distinctions between active and passive learners. Though there's a challenge in reproducing a diagram, the focus is presumably on the different characteristics and potentials of these two types of learners.
19:00 - 38:00: The Naked and The Nude Poem Discussion The chapter discusses the differences between active and passive learners. The speaker did not send a copy of the content as it was not available in PDF form and they didn't want to retype it. The focus is on encouraging active learning.
38:00 - 59:00: Brainstorming and Planning Essays The chapter emphasizes the importance of active learning over passive learning. It introduces the idea of planning essays by focusing on the 'plan of development,' which involves categorizing information effectively. Several categories are suggested, such as 'reading active vs. passive,' 'reflecting and thinking critically,' and 'listening.' These categories are essential for organizing thoughts and enhancing the learning process. The chapter aims to provide more insights on these topics, which will be shared further.
59:00 - 93:30: Techniques for Effective Learning The chapter discusses techniques for effective learning, focusing on the importance of reading. Active learners engage with the material to both understand and remember it. Transition words are highlighted as a crucial tool in structuring information and arguments, emphasizing their role in introducing points clearly.
93:30 - 114:00: Differences Between High School and College The chapter discusses the differences between high school and college, focusing on communication and engagement with the audience. It highlights how, in written or verbal communication, the lack of clear markers like 'firstly' or 'secondly' can lead to confusion for the reader or listener. The emphasis is on ensuring that points are clearly communicated, as unlike in high school, the audience may not be as attentive and might miss key points if they are not clearly delineated.
114:00 - 120:30: Left Brain vs Right Brain The chapter "Left Brain vs Right Brain" focuses on the differences between active and passive learners. Active learners engage with reading to understand and retain information, whereas passive learners might read without comprehending or remembering. The chapter emphasizes that reading is a complex skill, requiring years to master. It highlights the importance of reflecting and thinking critically, suggesting that active learners make connections between existing knowledge and new information from texts and lectures.
120:30 - 131:00: Essay Writing Approaches and Structuring This chapter delves into different approaches to essay writing and the importance of effective structuring. It emphasizes the significance of active learning and engagement with the material, contrasting it with passive learning, where learners don't adequately process information. The chapter also highlights the underrated importance of listening as both an art and skill crucial to the learning process, suggesting that active listening can greatly enhance comprehension and retention of information.
131:00 - 150:00: Closing Remarks and Student Interaction The chapter emphasizes the importance of effective listening and how relationships can deteriorate due to a lack of proper communication. The narrator advocates for the value of lectures in the learning process, stressing that active learners engage and take organized notes, highlighting key information worth remembering.
English 101: More on the Comparison/Contrast Essay Transcription
00:00 - 00:30 but not easy all right thanks a lot ah head Fran towns will join us on CBS This [Music] Morning all have our own journey ahead of us our own hopes and dreams oh no
00:30 - 01:00 get to my PowerPoint I believe that's what I want to do next pick up where I left off I was updating the the PowerPoint slides actually I'm going to put the two cars
01:00 - 01:30 on because that's where I left off at because the next thing I want to do I didn't want to retype the whole documents I didn't so I'm just going to share it uh the differences um between active and passive Learners the differen is between active it's a diagram and it's kind of hard to reproduce some things um so I didn't in favor of doing doing other
01:30 - 02:00 things um well I don't if that makes any sense but it will eventually see this is why I want to go over this this document here I did not send you a copy of it because I don't have it on PDF I I just did not want to retype it the differences between active and passive Learners I want you to um get some ideas about being a active learner of course and
02:00 - 02:30 uh not be the passive learner because a lot of things you have to do for yourself and the categories the plan of development would be the categories for each now this one has more categories than are necessary like reading active versus passive reflecting and thinking critically and listening that's three there then there are some more you know that I'm going to be sharing um some of this information is taught in the
02:30 - 03:00 foundation studies course that's where I believe I got the information from when it comes to reading let's look at differences or listen about differences active Learners read to understand and remember on the other hand I'm going to use transition words as much as I I can because sometimes we forget transition words it's very simple when you introduce a a point you could say first of all secondly
03:00 - 03:30 finally in conclusion you know not you may not be used to that but you're trying to communicate to a reader you know and they can say oh that's the first point if you just start blah blah blah blah blah blah you know well the Mind may not pick up on what you're saying they may not even be paying attention at that time you know um if you say secondly and they weren't paying attention on the first point they might even ask you a question what's the first point because they're in audience
03:30 - 04:00 active Learners read to understand and remember on the other hand passive Learners read but may not understand or remember reading is a not an easy skill takes years to learn it to learn it well the category reflecting and thinking critically active Learners make connections between what they already know and new information and texts lectures
04:00 - 04:30 and from studying with peers which is harder to do these days however passive Learners don't think about and pro don't think about and process information they read and hear when it comes to listening listening is important listening is a skill listening is an art listening is important because sometimes stimes we don't
04:30 - 05:00 listen and relationships go belly up because we don't we're not hearing what you know we're hearing but not hearing you know is the point that's why I don't shy away from lecture even though there's a lot of pressure to do that when it comes to listening active Learners are engaged during lectures and take organized notes some of these things are worth remembering
05:00 - 05:30 however passive Learners do not pay attention during lecture and take unorganized or incomplete notes or no notes so those are three areas active Learners because things are happening passive Learners just like we looked at how to read a book active reading is what helps you to remember and to learn now there are some other categories that I'm going to look at um actually four
05:30 - 06:00 more you only need a three-part plan of development by the way when it comes to managing time active Learners put in quality study time you know when are you best when can when can you think the best learn the best do the best to me it's mornings you know mornings well anyway um active Learners put in quality study time on the other
06:00 - 06:30 hand passive Learners may put in a lot of study time but it isn't quality time I just had another idea as how I could have done this but anyway so I get lots of ideas when it comes to getting assistance active Learners realize when they need help and seek it early and I've given you numbers and places to call the main number of the college to call you know uh there's
06:30 - 07:00 problem it support that kind of thing you know I'm try to give you lifelines and active Learners they get assistance when they need it they don't debate it and they don't wait passive Learners seek too little help too late you know too little help too late they wait until the semester is about over and they have no points to speak of now they want you to bail them out well you don't and you
07:00 - 07:30 can't because that was their responsibility when it comes to um and those are things like the Learning Center the Care Center the it Support Center The Welcome Center you know all sorts of places that are there waiting for you eager to help you be a success when it comes to accepting responsibility active Learners understand they are responsible for their own
07:30 - 08:00 learning because you are responsible for your own learning not me analyze weak performance if it occurs you know they don't shy away from it if it occurs and change the way they study accordingly if it's not working you don't keep doing that you if a quiz came up and you didn't study for it and you failed it then you know exactly what to do you study for it next time you that's what you
08:00 - 08:30 do that's what active Learners do passive Learners however blame others for poor performance you know it's the teacher's fault or it's the weather the fact that I don't have any money you know sometimes we think that everyone who is poor isn't going to be a good student isn't going to do well I've read that in student papers now that's true for some but I grew up in in
08:30 - 09:00 wealth in fact we weren't even middle class you know but I had good parents you know who did the best they could they weren't perfect but they told me that I could do you see it's a mindset you know because some young folk in wealth and in poverty and in middle class are being raised by people that don't know what they're doing you know they're more interested in their own selves
09:00 - 09:30 for all intents and purposes you I mean I I hope that was not your experience you know um but with the divorce rate skyrocketing has been for years see in my day growing up the divorce rate was much much lower you know I'm not saying families were perfect but they surely didn't break up like they do now and so there's all sorts of you can Google this stuff you can read on this stuff the impact of family and it has um an
09:30 - 10:00 income is not the may not be the major factor you know because I was taught to be proud you know in in a positive sense of that word because it's a negative sense of that word passive Learners I spend a lot of time on that blame others for poor performance approach every course in the same way and fail to learn from their mistakes that's what passive Learners do the last category you know the
10:00 - 10:30 categories would be the plan of development you only need three active Learners question new information that doesn't fit in with what they already know however passive Learners accept what they read and hear in lectures is true and don't question well we're dealing with comparison contrast I wanted to start with that a lesson with a lesson you see we're always trying to evaluate things we look
10:30 - 11:00 for the strengths and weaknesses and we choose the better you know the best option just like Francis you know uh he didn't choose the best option but he had two Alternatives get a job or mooch on Mama but following Mama's rules in mama's house he decided he didn't want either you know other than to mooch off mama and not live in our house following her
11:00 - 11:30 rules we attempt to make a a good decision that's what we should be doing so we look at for example bargain price Cola the see was better than our usual brand name brand Cola let's say by helping us look closely enough at the Alternatives notice that word to understand how items are alike and how they are not alike
11:30 - 12:00 the use of comparison helps us to see more clearly than we might if we had viewed the two different Alternatives or objects or items or people alone so you make decisions every day you're comparison and contrasting every day you know comparison moreover gives us a standard on which to base a decision you hopefully you'll make a good decision
12:00 - 12:30 as to what college to attend you know as to what car to buy since that's still on the screen you know people who make rotten decisions pay a high price in this life you know because they didn't do their homework if you will you know they didn't check uh deeply they they they they didn't go beyond the obvious
12:30 - 13:00 and ended up with a bad choice that's up to you when you're making a choice comparison gives us a standard upon which to make a decision thus we're able to evaluate the merits of something we're able to see something I should be more specific and I will be in a minute a lot more clearly as a result we gain
13:00 - 13:30 insight and discover and with that inside you want to gain wisdom which is more valuable than silver or gold because without wisdom the arish person doesn't have much gold or silver to speak of in the first place comparisons a favorite tool let me get specific of researchers W apply to the to the quote unquote real world to researchers in all fields and in
13:30 - 14:00 their hands explanation becomes exploration as well for example archaeologists trying to understand why the ancient Mayans abandoned their cities in the forest their cities in the forest in southern Mexico might look at parallel behavior in other jungle civilizations to find an answer a specialist in children's literature
14:00 - 14:30 might compare um the style in moral Outlook of the um previous Century you know that would be the 20th century with today to point out some inuring qualities in children's literature I need to complete the thought there you
14:30 - 15:00 know I was thinking for a minute I was thinking about women getting the right to vote and that was 100 years ago because it was in 1920 you know uh and they've been comparing you know what it was like then not having the right to vote and just getting it to now having the right to vote you know well
15:00 - 15:30 you want to learn and grow and process U um comparison and contrast hopefully will help you to do just that I want to move on to the next item here I need to get get a move on here um is a poem speaking of poetry this one is called The Naked I was going to put a picture on there I said no some people might say might get a little upset if I put a naked something up there you know I mean I wouldn't do something from a
15:30 - 16:00 contemporary picture and you got to be careful where you're going on the internet I probably put Michelangelo's David or something I probably could get away with doing that because I teach Michelangelo's David in my Humanities 101 course and and and David doesn't have a stitch on but anyway but I I did I didn't go there disappointed the naked in the nude was written by Robert Graves he lived a quite a long time he lived from 1895 to 1985 could have put a picture of him hm didn't think about that because I think
16:00 - 16:30 pictures are are important he looks at two words in this poem two words that seem to be alike it's very clever but are not alike they there's some differences and everything when when poetry everything is kind of organized in such a way that you can get a Brier but also that you can and get a feeling uh also um that you can get a piece of life happening there and some
16:30 - 17:00 knowledge H for me Robert Graves wrote um I forget the year he wrote this um 1957 I didn't put the year that was written in for me the naked and the nude by lexicographers conru lexicographer is someone who creates a dictionary you know as synonyms synonyms
17:00 - 17:30 are words that have similar meaning you know but not the exact same being naked and nude as synonyms could should express the same deficiency of dress or shelter stand wide apart they're very different is what he's saying that line is Love from lies that's how different they are or truth from art see one is truth the other is Art he's very clever lovers without he starts with the word naked
17:30 - 18:00 first he keeps it all in order lovers without reproach or Gaze on bodies naked and Ablaze the hypocracy hypocrates and I'll Do no harm doctors the doctor the hypocritic eye will see in nakedness Anatomy that's all they better see in naked shines the goddess when she mounts her line among men then he
18:00 - 18:30 goes talk about the nude it's almost like a two sides organization block pattern because the second block nude first block naked the nude are bold the nud or Sly to hold each treasonable eye while draping by Showman's trick this kind of trick because they're draping means clothing they ain't got nothing on that's why I use the word trick then this habia that's a I believe it's a
18:30 - 19:00 French word undressed in rhetoric you know he's using words to make his point they the n Grin a mock religious grin of scorn of those at those of naked SK the naked therefore who compete against the nude May no defeat because you know you can Photoshop know it comes to a nude it's an artistic term that's
19:00 - 19:30 what nude is naked what you see is what you what you going to get nude well you can Photoshop it you know you can you know if you're an artist you can draw and add things subtract things make it just absolutely gorgeous or maybe not so you know if you take an art history or an art course like drawing one drawing one they actually do draw people who are naked and they call well they're not doing it now I'm but I was told they call it uh
19:30 - 20:00 nude but anyway um The Naked therefore who compete against the nude May no defeat yet when they both together tread the briy pastures of the Dead by uh gor uh Gorgon these are women who turn men into stone by the way by Gorgon with long whips pursued how naked go that some Times nude little clever play with words
20:00 - 20:30 here you know but it is comparison and contrast now we want to talk about the brainstorm sheet a little bit now and this is one I um prepared for today I updated a little bit because I thought a picture would be in order since we're dealing with Myrtle Beach in Ocean City Maryland uh and what one does is brainstorm you know uh can do this I used to require it to be handed in but I
20:30 - 21:00 thought well I'm not going to you know you have enough to do in a remote environment you know because it's you know it's not just you type it up and put it in a folder and then you arrive on campus hand it in you know you got to drop it in a Dropbox and you got to click here click there click everywhere and make sure you convert it in uh your documents if you need to and make sure it's in there it's on on time and there's just so many things you have to think about so I um am not required qu iring the brainstorm sheet as I call it
21:00 - 21:30 but I'm asking you to do it on your own you know because that's how you can collect data before you do the outline before you do the rough um draft and work up to the final draft Myrtle Beach well there are differences and I tried to Pi pictures that were similar but well there are differences that's those are the ones I thought were the nicest and I could get them on slide you know because I had to play
21:30 - 22:00 around to get it to do that Myrtle beaches in South Carolina Ocean City we're talking Ocean City Maryland maybe you've been to Ocean City New Jersey but I'm doing the two favorite beaches and I would assume um pretty soon guess what they're going to do they're going to have the commercials these are the commercials they tend to have you know there are other beaches of course you there are many other beaches along the coast that you can go to but
22:00 - 22:30 these seem to be the ones that they push a lot in the commercials in the Midstate South Carolina Maryland now when I went to Myrtle Beach because there's a story behind uh this item um and you want to balance things what you say about one location let's say you say about the other location you know so you can balance it out out you know uh because of
22:30 - 23:00 lopsided uh um paper yeah it's just simply unfair you know you want to be fair to both even though you may have a preference and you may think that one Beach location is better than the other you can say so in the end um when I went to burle beach I I flew in those years it's been a while been quite a while um but I would fly because I thought it was most convenient Ocean City um when I went there I drove I actually only went
23:00 - 23:30 there once and I used to go to Myrtle Beach every uh every summer for a while Um Myrtle Beach has a convenient airport um at least I thought it was um and Ocean City well the major airport well not that convenient at Le that's what I thought you know it was a ways away and found it easier for me to do all the to do the driving when I went to Myrtle Beach it was late
23:30 - 24:00 spring you know if I going to talk about this get a plan of development going body paragraph talk about both in each of the body paragraphs then I would describe the time that I went and the weather and that kind of thing late spring because uh they jack up they would jack up the prices in the summer when everybody's going down there they just simply raise the prices Ocean City well it was a bargain because the time that I did go was in the
24:00 - 24:30 fall permanent residence in Myrtle Beach maybe more now because it's been a while since I I I looked that up 28597 permanent residents now these beaches swell by the tens and maybe even hundred thousands you know when everyone's coming down mytle beaches in the south of course Ocean City Maryland um is a they call Maryland a border state because Myrtle Beach is in South
24:30 - 25:00 Carolina during the Civil War South Carolina seceded from the Union whereas uh Maryland did not 7,49 permanent residents at the time that I looked it up then I would talk about loc um things places you can visit well Barefoot Landing is only one of many shopping areas but it was just right across where I where I stayed you know um and uh Ocean City you have well
25:00 - 25:30 many plazas and malls uh it's it seem to have more of a Northeastern flavor in my opinion then Myrtle Beach um then Myrtle Beach had a deep south flavor accents and all however both on the Atlantic Ocean but in different parts of the Atlantic Ocean if you watched the news mtle Beach is further further north I mean further south the Ocean City Maryland so I call it the South no doubt about it as far as that's concerned even
25:30 - 26:00 the food you know you can get grits I believe in McDonald's I mean you know can't do that up Noah anyway I don't know about Maryland maybe we get it there for all I know um midatlantic even though it's still considered the south because it's beyond the Mason Dixon line mle Beach builds itself still as the golfing capital of the world I researched that um Ocean City
26:00 - 26:30 deep sea fishing you know eastern shore of Maryland you know that the seafood is you know Wonderful um deep sea fishing capital of the world Ocean City Maryland and both have hotels but there's a different flavor in the south at least where I stayed they called them Plantation Resorts you know it's like an apartment you know you probably can get something similar to that in Ocean City Maryland I'm just not
26:30 - 27:00 aware of it but you probably could but where I stayed was just you know pretty much regular Hotel it wasn't much a wasn't a resort um like uh in um rle Beach South Carolina now the next item brainstorm sheet that's what I'm working on now before I get to thesis plan of development how to write it you know uh I will be looking at an essay probably
27:00 - 27:30 not today I don't think I'm GNA get to that essay today but I'll be looking at an essay which I retyped from the booklet you know I'm still struggling with those who are handing in single spaced not double spaced you know it's just a matter of of learning you know I try to work with it my teachers would have given it an F well anyway regardless of was quality because they meant what they said I mean
27:30 - 28:00 what I say but I'm trying to get you to grow so that you'll just know what to do when you move on to the classes that ask you to hand in the paper they just assume that you know the double space development of the two-party system little history lesson pictures of Alexander Hamilton on one side and the other side Thomas Jefferson and they're under you know their pictures I mean they're
28:00 - 28:30 under um the two their names I'm trying to say Democratic Republicans was one of the parties that's what it was called and the Federalists the Democrat and Republicans were led by Thomas Jefferson third president of the United States he did become president as well as he he was vice president one time and Secretary of State he held all those jobs you know h he also had slaves you know so they fuss
28:30 - 29:00 about him you know and one of his slaves well he fought the children by Sally hemings they don't dispute it anymore they used to thought Thomas Jefferson thought States should have more power the Federalist I I need to get to the Federalist led by Alexander Hamilton you might have heard the play or the yeah the play Hamilton you know you because his
29:00 - 29:30 stature has grown over the centuries Alexander Hamilton the Federalist favored a strong central government these things are still competing you know the strong strong central government on the one hand and the states having the power the Democrat Republican wanted to base economy on farming well at that time farming a big deal most Americans lived on farms but
29:30 - 30:00 Hamilton could see the future he wanted to base economy on industry and trade the Democrat and Republicans were pro- French see from this you can put together paper the Federalists were Pro British we see the Democrat and Republicans supported a strict construction of the Constitution that still happened today you know in one of the political
30:00 - 30:30 parties I didn't say that Republicans you know strict interpretation of the Constitution the Federalists supported a loose construction or understanding or interpretation of the Constitution no history there I when I can teach you a little bit of History I'd like to do that you know because I think we need to know our history you of course you can take a whole of course I would explain all that in Greater detail
30:30 - 31:00 than I can right now now I want to look at another it's on a Word document I couldn't get it on the slide there PowerPoint slide so it's it's on a Word document I typed it up and this is what I show I'm showing you pretty much what I do in a face to-face setting I've tried to reproduce that those things so you don't get less
31:00 - 31:30 than um when I'm um in on campus in fact in some ways you're getting more well anyway U Mada that's a location that's a place and Jonestown you know I'm not talking Jonestown Lebanon County I think that's where Jonestown Lebanon County it's in Lebanon County I'm talking about Jonestown in um South America you know I'm talking about two tragedies in the history books now you know one thing I um I I you know I was
31:30 - 32:00 living at the time it was happening the other item well hadn't been born yet by centuries but anyway um Mada took place in the year 70 Jonestown took place I didn't write the years there 1978 you so 1978 960 did this is famous I I should say Infamous suicide packs now where a
32:00 - 32:30 whole bunch of people decide we're going to kill ourselves you well which is tragic these are the worst that that occurred in the history of the world that we know of 960 dead 940 dead differences men women and children and both now I I would argue that the children didn't volunteer for the to be to to commit
32:30 - 33:00 suicide you know the parents probably you know allowed them to be to be to be killed and then allow themselves to be killed that's what happened pretty much you know um Jonestown still comes on television Mada you know very rare uh but from time to time there I've seen some documentaries on it religious political motive well this happened
33:00 - 33:30 in um the Middle East Israel you know during the days of the Roman Empire you know maada that is religious political M religious cult one has to be very careful with dangerous religious cult you know and that became one charismatic leader and both Eleazar B yir was the charismatic leader Mada because
33:30 - 34:00 they were trying well I'll get to that in a minute Jim Jones you may have heard of Jim Jones yeah and both gentlemen along with were um dead along with all those people you location occupied Homeland Israel you know which was occupied by the ancient Romans at that time location forign soil
34:00 - 34:30 Guyana South America because they had left the United States because well it was getting too hot here too many things going wrong there oh it's so tragic I I don't even like to spend too much time on this state religion well this the religion was Judaism you know they were Jewish religious cult that's all I want to say about it it was a religious cult because Jim Jones was saying he was God you
34:30 - 35:00 know suicide occurred when hope of defense against Roman soldiers was gone Mada and in Jonestown this is mass suicide occurred when residents were deluded into thinking that agents of the United States were about to destroy Jonestown I know the story behind it but that was not the case but that's what they were deluded into thinking and so therefore look what they
35:00 - 35:30 done they allowed themselves be murdered some didn't want that but you can Google either if you're if you're so inclined I always like to encourage you to learn as much as you can about uh anything that I present in class because I I really can't go into the detail I would like to go into it's not a history class see this is brainstorm sheet this is
35:30 - 36:00 what I used to require until covid struck for the most part but you can see and I did send this to you how it's set up two restaurants A and B she does mention the names in the paper in her plan of development service and she talks about both atmosphere she talks about both um and the food very detailed you know you can imagine what the outline look like you know how
36:00 - 36:30 detailed would have been this is a detail oriented person and you could perhaps um imagine what the final paper was I don't have the final paper uh anymore I gave it back did make copy of it but service you know maybe I just do one of these just to show you how detailed it was and all this did find its way into the paper when she was talking about these two restaurants find your own seat or shown to seat service poor service rude service with a smile you know everything's balanced U roll
36:30 - 37:00 eyes if you ask for extra catsup or ketchup spell two different ways eager to accommodate you part-timers full-tim hired and fired frequently quality trustworthy workers get paid flat rate no tips work for tips you know you can almost feel the difference here then she talked about the atmosphere she had more to say about that and you can skim done and of course the food you know with the cost and what they had the the the menu um and how the one place was health
37:00 - 37:30 conscious and the other one was not you know so I just I went through that somewhat quickly but I wanted you to at least see what a person did now I used to call these things the balance sheet you know uh then I started calling it The brainstorm sheet you know because it helps you to set it up you know uh and then you could progress to
37:30 - 38:00 the outline perhaps uh then the rough draft and on to the final draft now I'm going to um leave strategies of successful people um for now I may come back to it because it it does deal with the balance sheet but it takes me too long to go through it I want to get to thes statement that's what I want to do for comparison G dress paper um that's what I had planned to do and that's what I'm going to
38:00 - 38:30 do I probably could have waited but oh well you can see I didn't thesis statement comparison contrast for us is comparison or contrast you know now they're talking about listing you know some questions you can ask yourself some pre-writing stuff is there some important significant or interesting about my list the one that
38:30 - 39:00 you already made which I call a brainstorm sheet are there any differences or similarities between the two seasons they're going to deal with two seasons you're going to focus on either differences or similarities not both what have I discovered about the two seasons well let's let's look at oops oh come on I'm scrolling and I don't want to scroll although there's exquisite beauty in the seasons of autumn which we in now in Spring which I
39:00 - 39:30 can't wait for it to happen there are differences so they're going to focus on differences plan of development not included yet there are differences which allow the season to stand on its own and you focus on the differences look at three major categories for the two seasons otherwise the paper's boring you know I'm just saying that right off the bat you know if you want to write a paper that's a winner you're going to bring in some wonderful details maybe some many wonderful
39:30 - 40:00 experiences uh focusing on the differences however you know and maybe even express some sort of preference now this one goes into yeah okay I'm seeing okay I'm I'm peeking the head deals with how to create one how to create Aus this this sentence and you notice how teach thesis in every
40:00 - 40:30 single unit because in each unit um you're using a different strategy now the thesis is still the main point you know it's still the controlling idea this sentence is the most important sentence in your essay it drives your essay it needs to show some sort of well in this case comparison now this is doing dealing with two plays you know well it's dealing with plays
40:30 - 41:00 excuse me it's dealing with plays Romeo and Juliet that's what it's dealing with although Shakespeare's tragic play Romeo and Juliet in the film Romeo and Juliet see um one of the choices I didn't highlight it but one of the choices was to compare a movie with a book that the movie is based on you know I thought remote environment time is of the essence one may not be able to do that unless you have a book that you
41:00 - 41:30 have read that has been made into a movie and you adore both and you you know remember them quite well you know that might be a possibility because usually the book is different from the film version although Shakespeare's tragic play Romeo and Juliet in the film Romeo plus Juliet are based off the same story and use the same dialogue there are many see the word differences differences are easier
41:30 - 42:00 differences including here's the plan of development including the setting of the play the props used and the characterization of the main characters you one would probably need more time to do a paper like that maybe not it's possible but anyway because I I had the film Rory on Juliet and I got to play as well studied in college um but anyway um
42:00 - 42:30 three-part plan development you would talk about the setting you know the the the play itself as it was written in the film the props used and you talk about both items the props and the characters the characters sometimes r on Julian maybe not that particular movie um that they're dealing with in that example but it comes on television hasn't been too long since it's been on
42:30 - 43:00 TV but anyway um Romeo and dear Juliet but anyway oh what I I to do now oh I want to move on move on to um before versus after good diet versus maybe not so good a diet yeah I think they're both gorgeous so you know I I don't agree with how people look at people who have some weight on on them
43:00 - 43:30 you know but anyway but one wants to be healthy you know fruits and vegetables and not just cookie and cake yeah um well anyway I just thought I show it up there I may give you uh an idea for a paper um anyway I want to emphasize thesis in plan of development writing the
43:30 - 44:00 thesis now the examples come from a student essay comes from a student student essays that were actually written that were successful might give you an idea I'm always trying to give you an idea so you can find um a topic uh this is paper number five now um which isn't due until um um just before uh
44:00 - 44:30 Thanksgiving uh but anyway it's not due quite yet process is due right now but anyway um although Bach and handle were born in Germany in 1685 and they were on the same day March 21st 1685 their Lifestyles plan of development I encourage you to take notes their composing styles and their
44:30 - 45:00 accomplishments differ you know I want to know the two items that are being dealt with in this case they're people I want to know what three areas you're going to deal with that's the plan of development and if you're going to focus on similarities or differences use the word she did differ and that's sort of obvious but she gets into the real nitty-gritty point one uh now don't use the word VSS in your paper because it's an abbreviation and it'll create a
45:00 - 45:30 fragment for you if you're going to use the word versus v r sees but use a better word than that I'm just trying to save space on the slide B versus handle Lifestyles I should have written her her um her topic sentence word for word but I don't have the paper um half fun bought lifestyle it was different even though they were born on the same day and in the same
45:30 - 46:00 country uh then the rest of that paragraph Was on George Frederick handles lifestyle point two that paragraph dealt with composing Styles there great musicians from the Baroque area uh appear perod of Music in Europe and their work is performed all over the world to this day Bach composing style she talked about that and explained it because she was taking
46:00 - 46:30 a music course at the time and then handle composing style the second half of that paragraph point3 their accomplishments now she couldn't talk about all their accomplishments in the paper she just chose a few you know she chose a few of their accomplishments um box first she kept it in order you know order is very important in communicating to a reader um and then handles accomplishments you know she just picked several of them and
46:30 - 47:00 they would be different now some people like to wear it on locations or areas because they've been in more than one and it can be any location you know if you've been to more than one and know a lot about it you might need to do a little bit of research you don't have to do everything off the top of your head if you do research and use that information then you have to use quotation WIS MLA style docent ation they didn't do that neither they
47:00 - 47:30 you know for I don't think they did but anyway um they might have there are major differences use the word if you're dealing with differences between Carlile Pennsylvania see he could have did similarities if there are any you could have talked that there are many similarities between Carl Pennsylvania and Hy Beach California but he chose to do differences there are major differences between Carlile Pennsylvania and Huntington Beach California he was from both you know he'd been to both
47:30 - 48:00 areas the dissimilarities I underlined his plan of development because it's in a separate sentence unlike the previous example the dissimilarities include the climates the lifestyles and the school systems you and oh I forgot to tell you well I did tell you what she did she did the two sides approach what he did was the back and forth approach or the um Point by point or alternating pattern
48:00 - 48:30 and so he would talk about the climates you know um east west east west east west coast you know East is carile the West would be hunting Beach California then he would um Talk talked about the climats first then the lifestyles n can tell he was a very colorful writer east west east west east west Coast Lifestyles you know and then the school systems east west east west
48:30 - 49:00 east west coast you know and he focused on the differences so only write about differences or only write about similarities you know I keep saying differences are easier I could be wrong on that but I don't think so you similarities might cause you to dig a little deeper and that's all right but not both please follow the directions if you want to get a great
49:00 - 49:30 above C organize the paragraphs to follow a pattern point I like to use the terms Point by point or two sides the conclusion can note your preference if appropriate sometimes it's not appropriate or sometimes you just you know you likeing both like both of them you know you could say that too in the paper now he preferred Carlile Pennsylvania you which is somewhat of a
49:30 - 50:00 shock to me I expected him to say honey be California but when you start thinking about the wildfires and all the wonderful things that are going on in California you should have say to yourself uh oh but anyway you know there there are there are some challenges um as far as weather and and the like there challenges here you know well you know snow and rain and fog and and
50:00 - 50:30 all like but anyway um I don't know why I said all that um use lots of details you know we still want two to four typewritten pages you know double space of course typed use lots of details to support the points use the word similarity or difference somewhere in the thesis of thesis thesis or I should have said and thesis or plan plan of development somewhere now I better move
50:30 - 51:00 on to the next one I don't want to get too far ahead of myself but this gives you the point BYO Arrangement and it also gives you categories if you're dealing with Automobiles and motorcycles Vehicles first point safety then you do Point by Point item a Item B cars motorcycles cars motorcycle cars
51:00 - 51:30 motorcycle uh I don't know if they're doing similarities or differences because it doesn't say second point would be fuel deficiency you know back and forth back and forth cars motorcycles cars motorcycles cars motorcycles these would be paragraphs body paragraphs and style you know uh cars motorcycle cars motorcycle cars motorcycle you know it gives you some sort of organizational pattern that we wanted
51:30 - 52:00 you to to see now um watching my time here okay I want to rest the unit I want to finish it up today um I'm just looking ahead again uh I think I'll do this next it'll take a while it's kind of small too I think I'll do this um it's kind of a popular
52:00 - 52:30 topic you know High School teachers College professors let's look at the difference it's almost like a brainstorm sheet by the way it's balancing um High School teachers as opposed to college teachers now you might not be able to see this too clearly I can see it if I come up close on it I want to get it all on one item here or else I probably could have made it bigger teachers check your completed
52:30 - 53:00 homework College professors may not always check completed homework but they will assume you can perform the test on test because they may not check it you know I've been doing a little bit of that and not a little bit of that to kind of acclimate you to what goes on in in in college teachers remind you of your incomplete work I do that from time to time you know especially for those who have incomplete work but I don't always do it because after a
53:00 - 53:30 while I figure you don't care you know if you don't care neither am I you know I'm just being honest you know if you care I'll swim to I'll try to swim to English Channel for you you know I take my effort seriously professors may not remind you of incomplete work may not teachers approach you if they believe you need assistance they approach you professors are usually open and helpful but most expect you you adult to initiate contact if you need assistance teachers are often available
53:30 - 54:00 for conversation before during or after class professors expect you to attend their scheduled office hours teachers see the difference teachers have been trained in teaching methods to assist in imparting knowledge to students professors have been trained as experts in their particular areas of research teach teachers provide you with information you missed when you were
54:00 - 54:30 absent professors expect you to get any notes from classes you missed um expect you to get any notes from classes you missed from classmates it's harder to do in a remote environment but we have made um some accommodations teachers present material to help you understand material in the textbook book professors may not follow the
54:30 - 55:00 textbook in uh instead to amplify the text that's what I try to do they may give illustrations I do provide background information uh or discuss research about the topic you are studying or they may expect you to relate the classes to the textbook readings that's where I came up with the uh the journal assignment to give you some practice at that teachers often write information on the board well we
55:00 - 55:30 can't do that easily to be copied in your notes professors May lecture non-stop expecting you to identify the important points in your notes when professors write on the board well I'm using PowerPoint slides it may be to amplify the lecture not to summarize it good notes are a must this what I found out there I Googled and found
55:30 - 56:00 this teachers often their differences that's why it's such a culture shock when people enter college teachers often take time to remind you of assignments and due dates well I've been taking the time you know probably far too much time to remind you of due dates and I'll continue to do so so you can never say I didn't tell you you know I put it in writing professors expect you to read
56:00 - 56:30 save and consult the core syllabus you know which is more challenging in a remote environment I must say because you would have it in your hand if we were face to face and it is a lot to download I mean to print out even though I would have done it but anyway um the syllabus spells out exactly what what is expected of you when it is due well I kind of give
56:30 - 57:00 you a broad uh um idea of that and how you will be graded now this is the second part I'm gonna try to quickly do studying in high school you may study outside of class as little as zero not at all to two hours High School a week and this may be mostly last minute test preparation can't do that won't work you may need to
57:00 - 57:30 study at least two to three hours did I tell you three hours um um well you know how many hours you need to have available at least uh three times two to six you may need to study at least two to three hours outside of class for each hour in class we say three they're saying two to three you often need to read or hear presentations only one wants to learn all you need to learn about them High School study College
57:30 - 58:00 Study you need to review class notes and test text txt text material regularly High School you're expected to read short assignments that are then discussed and often retaught in class makes a difference in college you are assigned substantial amounts of reading and writing substantial which may or may not be directly addressed in
58:00 - 58:30 class High School guiding principle you will usually be told in class what you needed to learn from aign Readings College studying guiding principle it is up to you to read and understand the assign material lectures and assignments proceed from the assumption that you've already done
58:30 - 59:00 so that You' already done so that's the expectation folks that is the expectation I'm gonna try to squeeze in one more line I know I'm terrible but I think I could do this in a minute it's a comic I did find this comic this is a comic that I've used in teaching comparison contrast for years
59:00 - 59:30 and I did find it hey Frank Clint did you read the chapters on left and right brains you know this is a public school not College I think I'm a left brain person I'm sort of analytical and I like numbers and symbols the one young lady said the other young lady sleep I guess I'm a right brain person you know
59:30 - 60:00 Franklin says I'm good at jigsa puzzles I like music and I think I have a pretty good imagination see what Charles Schultz is doing with is that idea left brain right brain and he's dealing with the differences and the things that we assume that men are more interested in he has a young lady you know because the young ladies are interested in Left Brain stuff just like men can be so he's kind of playing with the
60:00 - 60:30 cultural um um expectation you know of gender very clever let me move on and then of course we have the no-brain person I heard that yeah well anyway I'm gonna make a note to see um where I left off at what I'm gonna be doing next time I probably quickly do it I'm going to I'm not going to do it but I'm going to just tell you what I'm going to do I'm going to deal with the
60:30 - 61:00 essay from the booklet horse name Kenworth I'm going to go over um the thesis plan development topic sentences um um and then I'm going to share the paper you know um and the way things are going don't cry I may end up wrapping up uh well sometimes takes me a long time on a slide but uh I may end up wrapping up the unit so U but I still have enough to take up all of um Monday and I'll
61:00 - 61:30 probably let a few things migrate to Wednesday before I jump into cause and effect and that paper that is worth a lot any questions concerns that you might want to ask me before I Trot off to my class of meets immediately after this
61:30 - 62:00 one because otherwise you'll have to email me which is fine okay well thank you you're welcome that's all I have for today folks I just was given I'd like to linger a little bit just in case you have questions other than that have a wonderful weekend see you next time take care thank you you're welcome
62:00 - 62:30 I don't know who that was there moris thank you Professor yes so there is no paper report sheet for the the paper that's due I sent yeah but for the I got the one for the number five but is there one for the process analysis one oh yes there was people have been dropping them in I've got about 40 or 50 of them oh all right
62:30 - 63:00 well I guess I don't know where you put it that then that's the issue I don't know where you put it but um I even went in my sent items to to make sure that I sent it all right yeah I'll and it's the same one I've been sending it's the same one I've been sending so you can use that one just don't type on it save okay all right yeah thank you all right there's a million ways of skinning the cat C they say more than one you have a good
63:00 - 63:30 weekend you know if you can't F if you can't you know use that one for some whatever reason um just don't write on it then just email me and I'll send you another one okay I think I made a copy of um the other one so okay it that doesn't change paper rep report sheets the same every time okay okay thank you all right you have a good day now you too thank you um one question okay go ahead yes um so I'm just trying to make
63:30 - 64:00 sure um go ahead so for the Jor and trees um do we need four pages or just one four each entry is a separate page a full page yes it's a separate page yes it's a full page that's minimum it's all right minimum of four pages okay I'm okay so basically we won't write like a essay right I'm
64:00 - 64:30 not asking for that I'm asking for a page to a page and a half and I'm letting you interpret you're going to present it you know I'm letting you interpret some people all right thank you very much some people write several paragraphs some people write one I would want I would want several paragraphs but it's not a full-fledged four essays on um you know the different subjects okay all right I was trying to make sure thank you very much very good to make
64:30 - 65:00 sure you have a good um weekend thank you you too bye bye bye bye um Miss AER are you still there okay I don't think so all right I got to go