Category: ENGLISH

Describe your author’s method and style: Is this straight reportage? Is it an opinion piece? Are there charts, graphs, interviews, stories? Is the language Formal, informal, maybe both. Are your articles Persuasive, Narrative, or Expository? or do they combine those? Are there metaphors, similes, dialogue, descriptive language, cartoons, charts, stats, diagrams?

Should students receive mental health days off school

Title: Your title is your Research Question (3 pts).

Section 1: State your position or argument CLEARLY with a general back-up reason. You should also state the reasons you chose this topic, or person– why you believe it is of interest and importance.
Then cite the two articles you are using to support your argument. Author, Title, Publication, Date (15 pts)

Describe your author’s method and style: Is this straight reportage? Is it an opinion piece? Are there charts, graphs, interviews, stories? Is the language Formal, informal, maybe both. Are your articles Persuasive, Narrative, or Expository? or do they combine those? Are there metaphors, similes, dialogue, descriptive language, cartoons, charts, stats, diagrams? (8/8 pts).

What are the long-term consequences for children who don’t have stable housing? Is it the government’s job to fix the problem?

A Child’s Home: An American Pandemic

Answer these questions:

What are the long-term consequences for children who don’t have stable housing? Is it the government’s job to fix the problem?

Write an 8 page minimum argument in which you support your position with research from a variety of sources. You will submit a Works Cited page for your research paper. If you write at least 8 pages, note that your Works Cited page will not count as the 8th page.

The Works Cited page will count as your 9th page. Your essay should consist of at least 8 pages of writing and you must cite from at least 6 sources (such as books, journal articles, interviews, etc.). You must have a counterargument, this should be one page minimum and have a source.

Compose an argument on an issue of Poverty, Minimum Wage, Evictions, Affordable housing, Rent Control, Welfare that you will take a stand/position on; you will offer reasons and evidence as support.

How has/will this technology affect human relationships? Is it helping bring people together or is it pushing people apart? Is there a way in which this technology lessens the “quality” of interactions we have with one another?

An original thesis statement making an argument about your piece of technology. Your paper/ could address ONLY one of the following questions:

How has/will this technology affect human relationships? Is it helping bring people together or is it pushing people apart? Is there a way in which this technology lessens the “quality” of interactions we have with one another?

Evidence drawn from at least 5 sources to support your thesis. You must include in your sources at least: 2 readings from this class (“What the internet is doing to our brains” by Nicholas Carr; “The Upside of Technology? It’s Personal” by Nick Bilton; “The End of Solitude” by William Deresiewicz) AND three other articles from your own library research (3 academic journal articles from the ELAC databases)

 

What convinced humans to think the moon had an impact on them?Discuss

What convinced humans to think the moon had an impact on them?Discuss The lenses that will be pursuing are history and psychology.
Make some changes if necessary. <3

Here is one of the sources to use:
https://sservi.nasa.gov/articles/oldest-lunar-calendars/#:~:text=The%20Oldest%20Lunar%20Calendars%20and%20Earliest%20Constellations%20have,seasonal%20changes%20on%20earth.%20The%20First%20%28Lunar%29%20Calendar

 Identify vagueness and ambiguity of claims on either side of the argument (at least two total)What makes you finally confident in your conclusion? Did you de-emphasize, bolster, trade off, or collapse the other options?

Write a minimum 1,600 word MLA-style paper (using quotes, a Works Cited page, and in text citation) addressing multiple sides of the issue. Include a one-sentence underlined thesis statement that is your conclusion after careful analysis of the issue. You will be graded for content,organization of ideas, understanding of critical thinking components (see list below), writing style (grammar and word choice), and proper use of MLA style (see links for examples).

Read, analyze, identify, and evaluate the argument using components from our class and textbook, and come to a final conclusion on the issue.

Use your sources (articles, statistics, quotes, authorities, and so forth) to support your position.

Include the following categories: (these can serve as your SUBTOPICS if you wish):

Chapter 7: Identify arguments (at least two for each side of the argument) FOR AND AGAINST your position on the issue and evaluate at least ONE of your arguments based on the FOUR TESTS.

Chapter 7 (pages 148-153) and Chapter 8: (167-170) : Identify logical fallacies (at least two) OF THE SIDE OF THE ARGUMENT YOU OPPOSE and identify which kind of logical fallacy they are.

Identify vagueness and ambiguity of claims on either side of the argument (at least two total)

Consider/address the ethics and how ethics relates to the controversy (Chapter 16)

Finally, identify how you have used the FOUR PHASES (226-228) of decision making to make your final decision. This is a brief summary of the Four Phases, though the book goes into much greater details:

What were some the possible conclusions on the issue?

Which choice was the most attractive or stood out?

In compared to the other possible conclusions, why is your option better than the others ?

What makes you finally confident in your conclusion? Did you de-emphasize, bolster, trade off, or collapse the other options?

Evaluate a generalization,, Identify vagueness and ambiguity of claims, Evaluate the Credibility of Claims and Sources, Identify Fallacies, and Consider Ethics 40%

 

Briefly discuss the setting, the main character(s) and the main events or problems.What is the theme, or the central idea, of the story? Does the story have a ‘coda’, or a lesson? What is it? Does the story have a ‘twist’, or an unexpected ending?

Briefly discuss the setting, the main character(s) and the main events or problems.

Discuss what you like or dislike about the story. Give reasons to support your opinion. Consider the following:

What is the author’s purpose for writing the story? Is the author successful in achieving this purpose? How well are the characters developed? How well is the plot structured? Is the action suspenseful enough? Are the events too predictable?

What is the theme, or the central idea, of the story? Does the story have a ‘coda’, or a lesson? What is it? Does the story have a ‘twist’, or an unexpected ending?

Select a symbol of globalization and write a research paper about it. You may use Nike, Coca-Cola, McDonald’s, or any other company that has a global reach. What are some of the consequences for globalization in a company. Be sure to use 4-5 extra sources. Include bibliography.

Research Essay

Select a symbol of globalization and write a research paper about it. You may use Nike, Coca-Cola, McDonald’s, or any other company that has a global reach. What are some of the consequences for globalization in a company. Be sure to use 4-5 extra sources. Include bibliography.

What is the author trying to tell you explicitly and implicitly? What is the authors argument?

Paper 5

For this assignment analyze one of the essays from chapter 13 of our text. Discuss an essay that you feel is worthy of further discussion. What do you have to say on the topic? Create a that is a debatable point (Argument) and make your case using examples from the text. Perhaps you want to discuss college athletics or literacy or deportation? That is up to you. Use elements from the essays as evidence for your discussion. Your paper should include quotes from the text as support for your.

Grading

An exemplary paper should contain the following;

You should clearly recognize the relationship between the purpose of the communication and the identified problem. What is the author trying to tell you explicitly and implicitly? What is the authors argument?

Your paper should state and follow a clear, using clear examples and strong language. Sentences should be clear and punctuation accurate.

An acceptable paper;

Will identify some of the ideas presented

Recognize somewhat the relationship between the purpose of the communication and the identified problem

Accurately identify the main conclusion and some background information.

Minimal spelling, punctuation and grammar issues.

Unacceptable

Incorrectly identified ideas

Failure to recognize the relationship between the purpose of the communication and the identified problem.

Incorrectly identify the main conclusion and supportive information.

 

How are the parts of the argument organized? Is the organization effective? Do the sentences stray from the writer’s main ideas? Are the transitions or links from point to point, sentence to sentence, and paragraph to paragraph clear and effective?

Argumentive Research Essay

How are the parts of the argument organized? Is the organization effective? Do the sentences stray from the writer’s main ideas? Are the transitions or links from point to point, sentence to sentence, and paragraph to paragraph clear and effective?

Does the writer consistently employ organizational choices that promote impressive clarity of expression?

Does the structure of the argument foster a sense of cohesiveness?