Posts by mcooper

mcooper

Jan 30, 2011

Research Papers / Business Studies Paper: Leadership and Gender [3]

Gender and Leadership - compare/contrast men and women in leadership roles -w/focus on style not specific leaders

I like this one but I think you could pull in some women in leadership roles as examples also.

mcooper

Jan 27, 2011

Research Papers / HELP with topic for Children's literature paper (argumentive/research essay) [3]

Hello all. So I am in english 103-focus on children's literature. We have a gicantic argumentive/research essay that I need a topic for. The topic can be about any children's book, children's book author or series that we would like. However we must "make a claim" about something in the book and support it with a bajillion sources soo I am having a hard time thinking of a strong thesis. I am really starting to freak out and I need some help so if you have some ideas, please shoot them at me!!!

Examples:

Look at a particular series in children's literature (i.e. the Harry Potter books, Nancy Drew, Hardy Boys ets.) Discuss the role of the series in children's literature, making a specific claim (thesis statement) about the series. Support your thesis with evidence from selected books in the sries and outside support.

Discuss the oevre of a favorite or well-known children's literature author such as Judy Blume, Beverley Cleary, Shel Silverstein, Dr. Seuss, etc. Make a claim about the author's work, then prove that claim is true by giving specific examples from his/her work and suppoet from outside source.

I can think of any "claims" my brain is just going dead right now so please hhheelllp!!!

mcooper

Jan 27, 2011

Writing Feedback / Students have to study a wide range of subjects, even the ones they don't like. [3]

Firstly, a lot of spelling errors or typos: second paragraph, second line you typed expects instead of experts, then bairns instead of brains then in the third paragraph it says schools should go a extra mile instead of the extra mile. I would suggest a program with spell check to get the rest or just go over it very carefully. Secondly, most of the sentences are fragments. Thirdly, what exactly is your thesis? You need to clearly define that in the beginning and make sure all your statements go back to the thesis. In the last paragraph you say "in conclusion, teenagers are playful" but you did not really make that clear earlier in the essay. Saying that teachers should provide more hands on learning styles does not really get across the point that teenagers are playful, do you know what I mean?

Hope that helps.