Gigi's First Year English

My bibliography research was not bad but could be better. I found interesting ones but not exactly what I was looking for on my topic of sex trafficking in third world countries. As of now, I am researching interviews and diaries of victims to really show true events and this this issue is a form of modern day slavery.

I think this book is very good choice to get references for essays. I think this book should be used because there are stories that could relate to your topic.

I think I did pretty well on the details on what I am writing about. I really like the topic I chose for this argumentative essay because not a lot of people are aware of this issue. Not only am I arguing why human trafficking is an important issue but I am also informing readers and see the opposing side of the argument. My only question is if I can use real life stories in my essay without using the book, since there are only a brief overview of stories, so I can show a better insight of this issue.

I am very content with the feedback given back to me. I did better than expected in my narrative essay. I do agree if I mention something then I do have to explain it a little or not put it at all.

Thesis statements

Choose a local or global issue from the book and develop an argument for why the issue is important and what 'we' as readers can do about it. *FOCUS MORE ON POVERTY BEING THE REASON WHY THERE IS HUMAN TRAFFICKING* 1. My global issue is human trafficking. 2. Human trafficking is a form of modern day slavery. Human trafficking and prostitution is wrong. Women and children are kidnapped, tricked, raped, and forced into sex trafficking or forced child labor. Girls as young as you can imagine are sold by their families because they live in such poverty. 3. The Land of Opportunity (pg. 49), Milestone for Jessica (pg. 114-115), Attacking Sex Trafficking (ch.10), pg. 135 4. News story   http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/10/americas/freedom-project-mexico-trafficking-survivor/index.html http://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/Pimp-s-97-year-sentence-marks-turning-point-7305841.php 5. I agree that human trafficking has become one of the most crucial problems of today's society bec...

The global story I chose starts on chapter nineteen and it talks about the lack of sanitary pads for menstrual periods. Most girls stay home from school because they don't have clean pads and they were too much to afford. The local story is that the University of Oregon uses a modern scanning machines to show that people enjoy giving better than receiving. They connect because giving and reaching out "when people are less unfortunate, it is important to help them, even if they are very different to us"(241).

They Say/I Say 1-3 1. In the first chapter, it starts off with Dr. X never really sitting why he needs to be stating his thesis. Basically, the lesson learned in this is that the writer needs to indicate their thesis clearly and also explain your response on what others say. In chapter 2, the authors discuss the art of summarizing. They state that it is important to summarize other's work and building off of others ideas to your own.  You should only be biased when your opinion shows up. In chapter 3, it states the art of quoting in which quoting is not rewriting someone else's argument into your own words. 2. 1. "Another way of opening up a debate involves starting with a proposition many people agree with in order to highlight the point(s) on which they ultimately disagree"(26). When I first read this, I found it to be true. Whenever I am involved in a debate or see one, they start off with the facts the opposing side is giving and fire back with their own facts...

Cover Letter In my draft for my second essay, I am writing about Khadijah Williams with her Harvard University diploma. I think I did very well on writing down key information about the visual text and the story it is telling. I would like to have specific feedback on how to organize my topics in paragraphs and how how to really connect it with ethos, pathos, and/or logos.

reading annotation blog #9: Choose one story from the first 200 pgs or so and connect it to a main argument that the authors make throughout the book.  Use 2-3 quotes from pgs. 100-202 to exemplify your story and/or the authors' overall argument.  2-3 paragraphs. I chose the story "Attacking Sex Trafficking." This story talks about the struggles of modern day slavery around the world. Reverend Becca helps these victims by getting them out of the streets and their pimps, and helping them find employment by her program. The author's main argument is that modern day slavery still exists and is very much a big issue. Becca's program helps victims start their new lives and prove that change is possible. "One of the first women whom Becca helped was Clemmie  Greenly, an African American woman who had been taped repeatedly beginning at the age of five and then systematically pimped from the age of twelve"(157). She made improvement ...