English 12 Homework over the Winter Break:
The following work is due on the day we get back to school. This is practice for the Provincial Exams.
1. Synthesis Essay: "The Horses" and "Vegetable Gardens on Mars".
You are to read the texts carefully and then write a synthesis essay on the following prompt:
*Would the speaker in "The Horses" by Edwin Muir, support the technological developments in Denise Deveau's article, "Vegetable Gardens on Mars?"
This essay is an analysis of the two texts, and is not in the first person point of view. The Synthesis Essay must have an introduction of three to five sentences, three body paragraphs of around 5-8 sentences each, which develops the synthesis, and a 4-6 sentence conclusion, that concludes the essay in an logical and appropriate way.
This essay is due on the first day back to school.
