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English
101 ESSAY #3 ASSIGNMENT Our third essay is an
easy one to explain. First, select any Viewpoints article you have not
already written about, as well as one of the Pursing Possible Essay Topics
suggested at the end of the article you choose. As with Essay
#2, your response to the Pursing Possible Essay Topics prompt will form your essay’s thesis. Second, using the
research skills you learned last week, find
at least two articles that have information relating to the Viewpoints article you’ve chosen. Third, write a
summary-and-response essay (same structure and requirements specified in Essay
#2) in which you blend words from the Viewpoints
article as well words from the articles you located. Be sure your essay's
introductory paragraph includes the five elements we've practiced: the name
of the Viewpoints article’s author, the name of the Viewpoints article, a brief summary
of the article, a transition to your thesis, and your thesis
sentence. You do not need to mention in your introduction the articles
you will use, but you will mention the articles later when you use signal
phrases to introduce quotations from it. Also, please follow
MLA guidelines exactly for both in-text citations and the Works Cited page.
You will need to list the Viewpoints
article and the related articles’ publication information on your Works Cited
page in proper MLA format. (This
means you will have three listings
on your Works Cited page: the Viewpoints article plus the two sources you
located.) For help and review, please
read and watch the information located at the link Citing
Viewpoints Essays. In
addition, you can find information on how to list your outside articles in
proper MLA format in many places, include the Purdue
Owl Citation Chart. Your MLA Works Cited page will list alphabetically
the Viewpoints essay and the
outside articles you used. There will be no Writing
Groups for this essay, but you are certainly free to ask a classmate to
peer-edit your rough draft. Please note: Since this is the final essay, it should
demonstrate your mastery of the skills we've learned and practiced throughout
the quarter. Because of this, satisfactory grades will be awarded only to
those essays that demonstrate a mastery of all course concepts that we've
covered. To be eligible to receive a grade of 70/100 or higher, your
submitted essay must meet all of
the assignment requirements listed below. One note—once you
give the author’s full name in your introduction, refer to him or her by last
name only throughout the rest of your essay. Also, please remember that the
Works Cited page is alphabetized. HOW-TO
VIDEO—Three-Source
Summary-and-Response Student Example More Explanation and Essay #3 Check Sheet Essay
#3 Check Sheet To be eligible to receive a grade of 70/100 or higher, your
submitted essay must meet all of
the assignment requirements listed below: Your essay ____ deals with a new
Viewpoints article ____ includes
occasional words and ideas from the Viewpoints
article ____ also includes occasional words
and ideas from two outside sources that you located using the Information
Literacy skills learned earlier in our course ____contains mostly your words and
ideas, with only occasional blending of words and information from the
outside sources. ____ shows clear
evidence of careful editing and revision ____ includes an MLA Works Cited Page
listing the publication facts of the outside sources you used as well as
those of your Viewpoints article. ____ is double-spaced and stapled,
using 12-point Times New Roman, New Courier, or Arial font ____ includes a rough draft that
demonstrates the revision process that generated your final copy. ____ conforms EXACTLY to MLA guidelines From our syllabus: YOUR FINAL GRADE Several categories will determine your course
grade, each category being worth a certain percent of your total grade. Please
remember that receiving a final course grade of 2.0 or higher also depends upon meeting or exceeding
college transfer-level English 101 exit writing standards, regardless of your
course average at the end of the quarter. |
