Friday, May 4, 2007

paper outline

Attention getter- up until two years ago the corps didn't even start taking records of wetlands loss to developments and natural disasters.
main points-1.wetlands are disappering at a fast rate
2.they are slowly reapering-
3.they are being lost to development
transition to thesis statement/main question or point of the paper


FIRST PARAGRAPH
- topic sentence about one side of the issue: i think that you should be able to build but try to save or recreate wetlands
- research and quotations from sources to prove the topic sentence is correct


SECOND PARAGRAPH
- topic sentence about one side of the issue
- research and quotations from sources to prove the topic sentence is correct


THIRD PARAGRAPH
- topic sentence about the other side of the issue
- research and quotations from sources to prove the topic sentence is correct


FOURTH PARAGRAPH
- topic sentence about the other side of the issue
- research and quotations from sources to prove the topic sentence is correct


CONCLUSION
- Re-state thesis
- Review main points
- Use an attention-getting device to send the reader off in a thought-provoking manner

Monday, April 23, 2007

annotations 1

the article says that records of wetland loss have not been recorded until 2 years ago. between 1990 and 2003 approximitly 84000 acres of wetlands have been lost to stores,subdivions and roads alone in florida. this analysis does not incude wetlands loss to farming and mining. alone in florida 100,000 acres or more of wetlands have been destroyed total troughout florida. between 1993 and2003 florida has replaced only 12,000 acres of wetlands lost to development in florida. some stores such as wal-mart are helping replace wetlands by buying and perserving land so it cand be made into wetlands. a budget for wetland regulation in florida is annualy around 11 million dollars, 5 million dollars less then what the staff needs in order to keep up with the crushing loads.

Monday, March 19, 2007

DAY 1-RAFT

For my spring break I was supposed to go visit my aunt and uncle in Illinois but that fell through when my sister got asked to go to Arizona with Charlie and his cousin kate. so rather then going to illinois I went to my friend basketball tournment, they placed 4th. on sunday i went to cabelas bought some new fishing gear. otherwise i stayed home slept slept some more and did pretty much nothing on my spring break.

i like the classes i have this trimester. i' m not sure how this trimester is going to go because i have not been in all my classes yet. i am hoping my classes go ok .