Writer’s choice
Page length: 5 pages
Resource requirement: 3 resources; one must be a primary resource; one must be an online database, no exceptions
Paper format: APA
Paper Assignment: Students are to write an essay in which they persuade a skeptical, indecisive audience.
Sticking with the following themes, students will need to pick one of the following topics:
teen violence, gun violence in schools, sexual harassment, or the #MeToo movement.
Students are to choose one of the above topics which has a minimum of two angles or two ways of approaching or discussing it. Using forms of persuasion, not including logical fallacies or misrepresenting information, students are to write a persuasive essay which will include discussions of the opposition and then a refutation against the opposition. Utilizing the proper and expected academic writing style, students will write papers that are elevated in language and writing style.
Plagiarism of any form will not be accepted. Students are to utilize the lessons learned pertaining to citing information in addition to proper usage of summarization, paraphrasing, and quoting.
Grading: Students will be graded on content, research elements, style (persuasive), grammar, spelling, organization, content, detail, and readability.
