**Title:** Disease Analysis and Essay Development
**Attendance:** No students explicitly mentioned as absent.
**Topics Covered:**
– **Disease Selection and Background Information:**
– Students shared the disease they chose to write about, detailing causes, symptoms, treatments, and societal impact.
– Diseases discussed included the Spanish flu, Ebola, influenza, bubonic plague, smallpox, monkeypox, and bird flu.
– **Essay Topic Development:**
– Students brainstormed and shared potential essay topics focused on the historical relevance, societal impact, and future implications of their chosen diseases.
– Emphasis on creating a specific angle for the essay, such as the disease’s danger, spread, or historical significance.
– **Thesis Statement and Main Points:**
– Guidance on crafting a thesis statement with two main points for body paragraphs.
– Students began to develop the logic of their essays, connecting main points to supporting details.
**Actionable Items:**
– **Further Development of Main Points:**
– Students need to ensure their main points are broad enough to allow for at least five sentences per paragraph.
– Encouragement to consider how the main points can be supported with historical data and personal impact.
– **Essay Map Template:**
– A template will be uploaded to e-course for students to organize their essay components.
**Homework:**
– Write a background paragraph for the essay.
– Draft the thesis statement and main points.
– Fill out the essay map template with the information developed in class and upload it to e-course before the next session.