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指导英国assignment Richard Matzen Assignment Sheet: Paper #3 (200 points)
WRIT 100.S2
Spring 2011
Your Paper #3 is a sequence of assignments because writing well is a process:
2/21 Tuesday 10 points DB #3 is due.
2/23 Tuesday 10 points Paper Three outline is due.
2/23 Tuesday 10 points Attending conference
2/28 Tuesday 170 points Final copy of Paper Three is due.
200 points
指导英国assignment This sequence of assignments is found in the Assignment Calendar that follows. Therein, relevant assignments are highlighted in yellow:
Week 7 2/21 M
2/23 W [2/21 M: No class, Presidents Day holiday. 2/22 T: No class, faculty development day.] DB #3 due (by 10:30 AM on 2/22 Tuesday).
Assignment Due: Paper Three Outline (and new article) due in teacher-student conference. [No class because of teacher-student conferences on 2/23 W and 2/24 R.]
Week 8 2/28 M
3/2 W Assignment Due: Paper Three due.
Assignment Due: Read Brief New Century Handbook 517- 523 Nouns, Articles; 524 – 530 Verbs. (Grammar lessons.) [3/3 R: No class, faculty development day.] [3/4 F: Withdrawal Deadline.]
Conferences on Paper #2 on 2/23 Wednesday and 2/24 Thursday
• Bring Paper #3 outline
• Bring new article for Paper #3
Paper #3
Some Technical Requirements
• Use the MLA heading that you used on Paper #1 and #2.
• Write over two pages. (Short papers will receive a letter-grade deduction.)
• Include both first- and third-person narration.
• Some paraphrases expected with signal phrases.
Don’ts….
• Do not use second-person narration.
• Do not use direct quotes.
• Do not include in-text citations or a reference page.
Paper #3 as an Essay
• Write an essay which means that you are required to include your opinion.
• Do NOT write a summary. (Paper #3 is different than Paper #1 and #2.)
• Write a traditional essay that has a thesis statement in its introduction, has supporting points and paragraphs, and a conclusion.
• Describe the relationship between three sources: 1. Choose to use either the “One Man’s Kids” article or the “How to Write with Style” article. 2. Use real or fictional, personal or social experience. 3. Choose a new reading that may be from the internet or from a newspaper.
o Regarding (2), you may use your personal or a fictional experience, i.e., a story. Or, if you find this too difficult, you may substitute a newspaper article for this requirement. Find newspaper articles on Woodbury University’s library’s website: Go to www.woodbury.edu, click on “Current Students” and click on “Library.” Then, click on “Articles” and find the “Lexis-Nexis Data base” in the dropdown menu. Then search for an article.
o Regarding (3), find a new reading either by goggle searching the internet or by finding a newspaper article as described previously.#p#分页标题#e#
Paper #3 Outline: Due in the Conference (10 points)
At a minimum, include in your outline (and later in your paper) the following required features:
• A thesis statement embedded in the introduction.
• At least one reference for each required source:
1. “One Man’s Kids” article or the “How to Write with Style” article.
2. Personal or fictional, personal or social experience (or a newspaper article).
3. A new reading (from internet or newspaper).
• A conclusion
Outline Requirements:
• Type single-spaced lines.
• Write the outline in sentences.
• Write at least two sentences (or more) for each point in the outline.
See Longman, pages 25 to 27 for format of an outline.
The Format for Paper #3 Outline
Student Name
Professor Matzen
AW 100.F3
19 October 2009
[Creative but Tentative Title]
I. Thesis Statement. (Reference to one of three required sources?)
II. First main supporting point for thesis statement written in a sentence. (Reference to one of three required sources?)
A. Specific example or explanation for supporting point. (Reference to one of three required sources?)
III. Second main supporting point for thesis statement written in a sentence. (Reference to one of three required sources?)
A. Specific example or explanation for supporting point. (Reference to one of three required sources?)
IV. Possible Conclusion.
指导英国assignment Notes: (1) Your outline will be graded for your following directions and its completeness. (2) You may change your outline when writing your first draft, but you do not have to provide me with changes to your outline.
Thesis Requirements
Your thesis statement (a sentence or two) should not be….
• Too broad.
• Too vague.
• Too factual.
Your thesis statement (a sentence or two) should….
• Have a mixture of general and specific information.
• Offer a combination of fact and opinion.
• Contain an insight or point of interest.
• Indicate to the reader what the entire essay’s subject is (i.e., tells the reader what the paper will be about before the paper is read completely).
See Longman, pages 22 to 24.
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