On 5/8/02 11:20:00 AM, David Hurford wrote:
>On 5/6/02 11:53:00 AM, sara douglas
>wrote:
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>>Exercise 2.1: Finding the
>>Questions
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>> 1.
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>>In the space below, write the
>>title of your tentative topic
>>(e.g. Internet addiction)
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>> pirates
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>> 2.
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>>Briefly state why you chose
>>this topic.
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>>I chose this topic because
>>I've always wondered what a
>>pirates life was really like.
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>> 3.
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>>Spend about five minutes
>>listing what you already know
>>(if anything) about your
>>topic. For
>>example, are you aware of any
>>interesting facts, common
>>misconceptions, your own
>>assumptions, important people
>>or institutions involved, key
>>schools of thought, the extent
>>of
>>the problem, current trends,
>>etc.?
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>>Each pirate captain had his
>>own jolly roger that is no two
>>flags were the same.
>>Pirates actually had a code of
>>conduct.
>>When a pirate did something
>>that was considered
>>inappropriate to the other
>>pirates he would be marooned
>>on a deserted island.
>>There were women pirates.
>>There was no such thing as
>>walking the plank
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>> 4.
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>>Now spend at least fifteen
>>minutes brainstorming a list
>>of questions about your topic
>>you’d
>>love to learn the answers to.
>>Make this list as long as you
>>can, and don’t worry whether
>>every question is a good one.
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>>Did pirates take their
>>families out on raids?
>>How much income did a pirate
>>earn on an average raid?
>>Was poverty a motivating
>>factor in choosing piracy as a
>>means of income?
>>How did a pirate get employed
>>by royalty?
>>Was Blackbeard aka Edward
>>Teach as bad as his
>>reputation?
>>How much fortune did
>>Blackbeard acquire in his
>>lifetime.
>>Is it true that pirates buried
>>their treasures.
>>Where was a pirates most
>>favorite place to party after
>>a long trip out too sea.
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>> 5.
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>>If you’re working in a
>>computer lab (or generating
>>hard copies of the exercise),
>>your
>>instructor may ask you to
>>comment on other students’
>>responses to Steps 1-4. Focus
>>particularly on what your
>>classmates did in the fourth
>>step. For each you view, do
>>two
>>things: add a question you
>>would like answered about the
>>student’s topic, and mark the
>>question you find most
>>intriguing.
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>1) A question I have is what time
>period were
>pirates most common?
>
>2) The question I would like to know is
>what is the
>average income of a pirate back in the
>day?
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>I think this is a great idea for your paper...i am interested in also the modern day pirate....do they still exsist...do they still refer to themselves as pirates