Monday, January 25, 2010

Class Writing Assignment
















I am in Laos touring a coffee plantation. Making coffee is a lot more complicated than I thought.





Research "Coffee" on the internet. Discuss the steps in preparing coffee for the market. Discuss the two main types of coffee plants. Follow the following instructions.





1. create a brainstorm/memory map (notes from our research)





2. from the brainstorm create an outline





3. from the outline create a one page draft essay.





4. write all sentences in present tense (e.g. they wash the beans, they dry the beans)





5. all sentences must not exceed 10 words.





6. essays not meeting these requirement will be returned to be redone.





Have a nice day!





Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Coffee is my life


Coffee World

Julian and his father Terry will be traveling to Bangkok, Thailand by air. They will then take an overnight train to the border of Laos. After crossing the border they will proceed to Pakse, Laos, considered the coffee capital of that country.