November 8, 2012

This week we will move into the last major essay of the semester: the Persuasive Research Essay.  This essay will require us to use all of the structures and the writing skills we've learned throughout the semester in order to be successful.  It will also require us to evaluate and integrate research into our writing.  Though this will be a long writing assignment, we will break up the steps and work together to ensure each of us understands what is required before moving on to the next step.

Objectives

• Use the writing process to shape the development of the essay
• Identify and analyze how authors manipulate structure to achieve their purpose
• Identify and analyze how to integrate credible research into our essays

Activities

• Minor Essay 3a due, discuss and hand in
• Discuss Zinn (861-868), Jefferson (696-699), Ehrenreich (650-654), and Swift (831-838)
• Identify and analyze each author's thesis, use of evidence, and presence 
• Integrating research discussion and practice
• Assign and discuss Major Essay 3

Homework

• Major Essay 3 - Topic Proposal