Transitioning from blogs to essay/letter assignment

You have class notes and your blogs. Now you need to write your letter. What do you do?

ONE WAY. For some of you, it  may be productive to ask yourself what your thesis is right now: is NYC prepared for climate change or not? In some ways yes, in some ways no? Make a list. You can change your thesis, but maybe see what you say.

Now look at all the information. What information do you have that you'd like to use to support your thesis? What ideas do you want to focus on because you think they're most important to New York?

ANOTHER WAY. Look at your notes and blog with this letter/essay assignment in mind. What ideas do you think would be most relevant for the mayor to consider? Make a list. Now take the points you want to write about and create a thesis, or just write a paragraph and worry about the intro/thesis later.