The five-paragraph essays we are writing are too short to contain quotations of more than a few words. All of the language in your essay should be your own. If you find it necessary to refer to the title of a work of art, a video, our textbook, or other sources, you must attribute the source in accordance with MLA style of citation. Papers containing text from other sources that is not cited will not receive credit. Students who plagiarize will be subject to disciplinary procedures.
1. Formulate a thesis topic.
2. Sketch an outline of your thoughts. There must be a primary thesis statement for the introductory paragraph.
3. Formulate three ideas related to the thesis statement. These may contradict the primary thesis, contrast with it, or describe it from different perspectives. Each of these related theses will become the thesis statements of the three body paragraphs. Plan how you will guide your reader with smooth transitions from the first thesis statement to the other three.
4. Review the primary thesis and the three secondary theses to determine how you might summarize them and conclude your essay in the final parapgraph.
5. If you have done a good job with the outline, the essay is nearly finished. You need only to flesh it out. There should be no sentence that does not bear on the thesis in some clear way.
When you have finished a first draft, please take it to the Moorpark College Writing Center.
Do not submit your essay immediately upon finishing a first draft. Please give your a work a day or so, and then give it a second reading and revision.
Other advice:
Be measured in your thesis statement. For the module essays, some have proposed theses that deserve at least a full book, while other have made claims that do not warrant five paragraphs. The formulation of your thesis is the biggest challenge of the process.
Seek to convince, not to impress.
Keep your sentences short, simple and under control, unless more complex sentences are absolutely necessary.
Avoid fancy vocabulary, unless you are certain that a more everyday word will not serve the same purpose.
Avoid generalities and sweeping statements. They cannot be proved. Do not state anything that cannot be proved.
Do not state anything that is not directly relevant to your present thesis and argument. Do not make any statements just to fill up space!
This is not a research paper, rather it is a very short essay. There is no room for appeals to authorities or citations from other sources. Write your own thoughts!
Academic writing is objective and never personal. Avoid personal insights and feelings, or at least avoid stating them as such.
Avoid verbs that suggest that you are unsure about your statements, such as ” it seems,” or “one might say.” State facts in the indicative voice, i.e., “Such artworks are clearly….”
Remember that writing in this controlled way is an exercise in clear thinking! That is the reason for the assignment.
Here are some notes that I took from our class about architect White
Building is built like a symphony.
He believed that architecture should be built like it is belong there.
No matter what would happen in his life people would say he is still 200% in
He transformed idea of what is and what to come.
If he had more years to live he would love to build this country.
Artist transforms nature.
He moved to Chicago to be someone. The whole down town needed to rebuild. Sense of the architect is to change to story of Chicago.
Neoclassical or roman white city.
Form must follow functions.
The first building he build was for him and his wife outside of Chicago in suburbs.
The heart of the family is the fire place in their own home.
He start working on the side for rich people and he would get in big trouble with his boss. Later on he hired some people and start working from home. That was the start of his own architecture. He used a lot of European style but that was not enough still. He was looking for he is own style (American)
He is houses would have front porch, but he recognized that time is changing and auto mobiles were involved, so he moved his architecture to more horizontal, away from the street for privacy. Rooms less boxes, more one room. Everything unified us own order out of crazy.
Space both organized but no boundaries, goes for forever. Colors are gentle and warm.
Module 8.5 Frank Lloyd Wright II
Mariam and Wright got married after Kitty wanted to divorce him and his mother died.
Textile, modern homes fireproof and cheap houses in California. Sense of surface and color.
California houses were very difficult to build because of the roofs and construction materials.
He was a man of great talent but never was fully celebrated.
When country was blooming he is work was not. (after world war)
Many people were not interested in the constructions of his. (change of time)
Module 8.6 Wright III
Discuss the wisdom of publishing and founding a “fellowship” at the low point in Wright’s career.
-he would change the world to his own image.
-he start writing about himself and about his work
How do you find the Taliesin Fellowship? Would you wish to be a part of such a group?
-he opened his house for people to come learn and live side by side with teacher
-they were there learned by doing any kind of work. It was important to do any kind of work, farming, drama, cooking.
What was the ideology of the International School. How does it differ from that of Wright?
-radical architects, new industrial ideas.
-genial mass architecture, that would serve people, modern people.
-worshiped modern technology
Module 8.7 Wright IV
Weekend home, next to waterfall Bear run. He draws plan that would relays to everything. Whole drawing started small and then made bigger (Fallingwater) famous modern house. Wright k own everything about surrounding of house before he started drawings.
He wanted to show off to European style, he hated flat roofs but then he actually did it.
Fallingwater has some kind of feeling something you cannot describe in words.
Ordinary people house, modern income, usonian houses. The size of the houses are perfect. Each element controlled by the house itself. It was very hard for him to build simple houses but he wanted more in his art works. Many people didn’t want much out there homes but he wanted to bring people out of their houses, representation of that houses.
Later on in he said that these people destroying America by building simple one stories building.
Johnson’s project was next big project for white. Wright brought skylights and columns with skinny poles to hold up sealing. The first office building that is not simple but amazing. Lilly pads and high sealing bring light from between flowers. Working in the glade with natural light. Problems came from roofs, windows. In the end is reaching the goal is greatest is accomplishment.
When he got to Arizona he oved the nature. Building out of sand and rocks, private home for his family. Every time you look around everything is connected, feel like every part of daily activity belong with nature.
After WW Frank and company build many building because of the economy blooming. Gas stations, bridges, electric plant, Greek church, Bagdad, big towers.
End of his life he would start formulation on paper more and more, he wanted build more and more, never give himself limits. Best contemporary architecture is made by him, that’s what he would say.
He always would look at new modern technology and try to get inspiration from them
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