Assignment task:
Quote:
"Just write every day of your life. Read intensely. Then see what happens. Most of my friends who are put on that diet have very pleasant careers." - Ray Bradbury
Objectives: Persuasive Essay Outline Begin
--Understand the Hook sentence, Thesis statement, and Main Ideas organization.
--Identify credible research sources
--Know how to use the online College Research Database
Assignments:
1) Learn about the Thesis Statement, Essay Organization and Hook:
See Hook ideas by viewing document in Materials Hook-Thesis handout:
More on the Persuasive Thesis statement by watching this video (click on arrow below the slides to start and turn on your volume) (Note: for your thesis you need 3-points, but in this video they may not model 3-points. See information on 3-points thesis in the above document Essay Organization With Thesis found in Materials)
2) Read the document Credible Sources.pdf in Materials. The criteria in the document need to be considered when picking your sources for your Annotated Bibliography assignment.
You will start your Persuasive Outline this week and it is due the following week. You will need the two weeks to complete the Outline since it involves many steps. I you want me to look at it before it is due, let me know.
3) To write your Persuasive Outline and essay, you will pick one of the following topics for your Persuasive Essay. You must pick a side - you either agree or disagree. You will need to add extra details to create your specific, arguable thesis statement. Remember, you are like a lawyer arguing your case, so stick with your viewpoint on the topic These are topics to choose from:
Choice #1) Remote learning for school harms students. OR Remote learning for school is beneficial to students.
Choice #2) Everyone should go to college. OR Not all students should attend college.
Choice #3) Artificial Intelligence poses a threat to education. OR Artificial Intelligence is a benefit to education.
4) For your essay, you need a total of 4 sources. (You will have 3 sources in agreement with your argument and 1 source against your argument for a counterclaim.)
--Two of your sources for the essay are given to you from the provided 3-Sources documents in Materials. See in Materials the documents Sources #1, Sources #2, or Sources #3.
i) Look at these 3 documents to pick your topic
ii) Next, open up and read the provided sources for your chosen topic
iii) Decide which sources best represent your topic then use these for your essay information including intext and works cited (you only need 2 sources). (Remember - 1 out of the 4 total sources needs to be a counterargument to your claim - so it can come from the provided Sources or from the next site, Research Article Database.)
---The other two sources will be from the Research Article Database from our Online Library. Watch: How to access the Research Article Database at our MState College Library. See Library Handout from Materials and view this ENGL 1101 Library video. Once in the Research Database.
1) Once in the Research Article Database, the site Academic Search Premier is the best one to use. Next, type your topic into the search bar to search through the research articles.
2) Review the article to see whether you want to use it in your paper. Remember, if you did not pick a counterclaim article in the provided Sources listed in the previous step, then you must have 1 of your 2 sources from Academic Search Premier to be a counterclaim.
3) For the articles you want to use, you can download the article or copy/paste sentences to use as notes for creating your outline/paper.
4) Academic Search Premier will also automatically create a MLA citation for you. Click on the word 'cite' in the right hand column to create your citation. Make sure you choose MLA for the format. Have a draft document to copy/paste your research notes and the MLA citations.
5) Complete the Persuasive Outline found in Materials. When finished, upload to the Assignment dropbox next week (due Oct 20) . Decide on the most compelling evidence and complete the Persuasive Outline using that evidence to support your claim. Also provide a counterclaim in paragraph 5 (Your conclusion will be in the 6th paragraph. On the last page of the Persuasive Outline Assignment, paste your MLA formatted citations.
6) Complete the Week's Discussion Board assignment. Post an initial discussion board post and respond to another student's initial post for the Week.