### Class Summary Report
**Title: Understanding Cohesion Devices and Constitutional Amendments**
In today’s lesson, the focus was on exploring cohesion devices to enhance writing skills and understanding the nuances of constitutional amendments, particularly the exceptions to the rules and their implications.
**Attendance:**
– All students were present except for those mentioned as absent.
**Topics Covered:**
1. **Introduction to Advising Role:**
– The instructor clarified their role as the advisor, a recent change due to faculty adjustments.
– Discussed the need to plan an event for the advising group.
2. **Homework Feedback:**
– The importance of a good outline before essay writing was emphasized.
– The instructor promised feedback on the main points of the homework assignment.
3. **Cohesion Devices:**
– Explained the concept of cohesion devices and their role in writing.
– Discussed the difference between unity and cohesion in paragraphs.
– Identified keywords and their repetition for cohesion.
– Introduced logical organizers (e.g., “for instance,” “but”) and their functions.
– Explored different forms of word repetition and the given-new principle.
– Practiced identifying cohesion devices in an example essay.
4. **Constitutional Amendments:**
– Discussed the Eighth Amendment and the debate on the death penalty.
– Addressed the Fourth Amendment and issues around illegal searches and seizures.
– Highlighted the role of exceptions in understanding the amendments’ importance and relevance.
**Actionable Items:**
1. **Advising Event Planning:**
– Students to propose ideas for an upcoming event.
– Voting on event proposals to be organized.
2. **Homework Review:**
– Instructor to provide feedback on homework before Friday.
3. **Further Discussion:**
– Continue the discussion on cohesion devices on Wednesday.
– Delve deeper into the topic of constitutional amendments and their exceptions.
**Homework:**
– Draft a background paragraph for the essay, integrating the main points from the previous assignment.
– Complete the essay map, including a thesis statement, and submit by next Monday.
– No additional homework for Wednesday; students should come prepared for the next topics.
**Notes:**
– The class was interactive, with students participating in identifying cohesion devices and engaging in discussions about constitutional amendments.
– The instructor managed to cover the planned topics despite time constraints and provided clear instructions for the upcoming homework.