Please complete all parts
Part 1 75-150 words
It has been said that everyone has a story. These stories can be about anything from heart-wrenching tales of love lost to nerve-racking arguments in a grocery store parking lots. No matter the subject matter, we tend to think that our adventures are the most enthralling events in the history of mankind…until the next big thing happens. The assignment for this week gives you the opportunity to tell your story, to write a narrative essay about some pivotal event or moment in your life that changed you in some way or taught some valuable lesson from which you think a reader might benefit. Before sending this story out for the world to see, it can be highly beneficial though to take a look at it before submitting it to try determine if it is really as engaging and useful as you think.
So, for this week’s discussion, address the following questions.
- What is the topic of your essay? Did you pick one of the essay ideas generated from your interview in the W2 discussion, or did you decide to go with something else?
- Why might the reader want to read about this topic?
- What can or should the reader learn from your story? Or, what is the main idea/thesis of your essay?
- Finally, how is your narrative essay topic difficult to develop? How is the story difficult for you to tell? Or, is it?
Part 2 75-150 words
Your week 5 assignment consists of writing an informative essay. This is type of exposition is one that we do all the time in our daily face to face interactions (How do I find her house? This is what I had to do to repair my credit and get approved for the mortgage). But what do you do when you get bad information?
For this week’s discussion, think of a time you were misinformed about something. Try to think of a time you were receiving information such as how to do something or how does something work for example and it turned out to be wrong. How did you react? How did you get back on the right track? Was the information giver helpful in getting you corrected? Was the misinformation a simple misunderstanding, or was it intentional? Discuss the importance of being forthcoming when giving information and how it can affect you and your relationship with the person giving the information.
Part 3 persuasive rough draft 75-150 words
This week, you will be engaging with the work of other students through Peer Review. In Week 6, you were instructed to submit a copy of your rough draft to this forum. If you have not done so,please submit a copy as an attachment in a new thread with your name as the subject.
Part 4 75-150 words
Consider all of the writing you have done in the last eight weeks of this course. Think about the concerns and apprehensions you may have had at the beginning of class about writing essays. You can even take a moment and read your post for the first week’s discussion!
- Are you more comfortable with the writing process? Has your attitude about writing changed during this class?
- What is the most important take-away from this course?
- What do you feel you still need to learn or improve?
- Think about the future of your writing. How do you think what you have learned and accomplished in this class help you throughout the rest of your degree program and/or your professional (even personal) life?
Part 5
Part I
The first part of this assignment will help you “flesh out” your topic. Take 10-15 minutes to free write about your topic. Chapters 4 and 5 in your textbook can help you decide what kind of free writing you want to do, but don’t feel restricted by one genre. Write down everything that pertains to your topic, including questions your readers might have. Don’t worry about grammar or sentence structure; this is a brainstorming activity.
Part II
Next, create an outline as a preliminary structure for the narrative essay. Use several of the outlining rules on pp. 111-115 of The Writer’s Way, but be sure to include the following:
Outline in three to five parts only (rule no. 1)
Don’t describe; summarize (no. 5)
Outline whole sentences only (no. 8)
Part 6
This essay explores the Narrative Mode, which is perhaps the most natural style of writing for most people.
One of the goals of the narrative form is to allow readers to feel as if they are not simply reading someone else’s story, but that they are somehow part of it. Unlike simply telling a story though, a narrative essay has a specific piece of information to share, a lesson for the reader. There should be a clear reason for your telling the story. This is where the “essay” in the narrative essay becomes apparent.
Your assignment this week is to write such an essay. Refer back to your outline of a significant event that you wrote for W2. Keep in mind that you are writing a story and it is important to freely tell your story. But, this is still an academic essay. The goal of your story is to support a clearly stated thesis/lesson for the reader. As such, your tale should be wrapped in a clear introduction and conclusion.
Criteria
Your essay should contain the following basic features:
An introduction with an attention grabbing opening (hook), a well-defined message or argument (thesis), and any background information the reader needs to fully understand your story;
Body paragraphs which a tell the story of your clear and specific, singular event that illustrates the essay thesis;
Vivid language that works to recreate the event, including descriptions of where the event took place, the people who were involved, and the things these people said and did;
A conclusion that briefly implicitly or explicitly reviews your story, reiterates the lessons you learned and that you hope the reader to learn, and provides a closing thought such as
owhy this event is still personally significant,
othe state of your life since the event and how you feel about it,
ofuture plans related to the event,
orhetorical questions for the reader, etc.
In addition to the above, the final draft of your essay should be:
From 250-500 words in length, typed in Times New Roman 12pt. font, double-spaced, with one-inch margins.
Uses APA style (a title page and citations as needed which are modeled in your APA guide),
Written in first person;
Edited for spelling, mechanical, grammatical, and typing errors
Part 7
Outline for an Informative Paper
This week, you will be changing gears and moving from narrative writing to beginning on the informative paper. For this assignment, please review the directions for the Week 5 assignment and think of a topic you feel would be appropriate for an informative paper. Then, once you have that idea, you will complete an outline for that essay.
For your outline, please complete ALL of the following statements or questions:
The audience for my paper is ___________
What I want them to do/think is _________
Which essay prompt am I focusing on?
What is my topic?
What is the goal of my essay?
What details will I need to accomplish this goal?
What issues might I encounter?
What is my working title?
Part 8
For this assignment, write an Informative Essay.
How-to: Write an essay explaining how to do something specialized or out of the ordinary. Make your essay interesting and engaging, and write to a specific audience that needs to know or can benefit from learning how to perform this task. (For example, everyone needs to know how to change a tire, but an essay about changing a tire will be more effective if it targets college freshmen who commute to campus.) Include several of the Eight Teaching Tip
Additional requirements for your Informative Essay:
500-700 words
APA Style (title page, running heads, 12-pt. Times New Roman, double spaced, etc.)
Part 9
Persuasive Essay Rough Draft
This essay explores the persuasive mode, one of the more common kinds of writing you’ll experience throughout your college and professional career. Your goal is to persuade your audience to consider your position on a controversial, two-sided subject.
This five paragraph persuasive essay (introduction, 3 body paragraphs and a conclusion) is made up of the following:
A clear persuasive thesis statement in the first paragraph after the topic is introduced and the importance of the issue is clear to the reader
Logical transitions between the into, the body, and the conclusion
Body paragraphs that support the persuasive thesis with evidence as well as address the opposing viewpoints
A conclusion that wraps up all the information presented in the body
Utilize your pre-writing and outlining strategies from week two to help you organize and plan your essay. It is not required to have research and source material for this essay, though it can greatly help support your argument. Using sources shows how your ideas build upon the ideas of previous writers and why your claims merit consideration — because they are supported by credible experts in their field. If you do use source material from the EBSCO library, please give credit to the author with in-text citations and a references page using APA formatting.
Criteria
The rough draft of your essay should contain the following basic features:
A well-defined issue that is controversial by nature
A clear thesis statement that demonstrates the position you will be taking throughout the essay
A counter argument defending the opposing viewpoint
A refutation to or compromise with the counter argument
In addition to the above, the rough draft of your essay should be:
From 500 to 700 words in length, typed in Times New Roman, 12pt. font, double-spaced, with one inch margins
Written primarily in third person
Edited for spelling, mechanical, grammatical, and typing errors
Part 10
Now that you have completed your Narrative Essay, reflect back on this process, how it went, and what you’ve learned from it. Write a brief reflection journal in which you address the following questions
1.What just happened? (What did I/we do?)
2.What was the purpose? (Why did I/we do it?)
3.What did it say? (What was the content?) [For this question, identify one concept from the readings, lessons, or discussions pertaining to this assignment that seemed significant to you. Be specific.]
4.What was the point?
5.How can I use this?
Part 11
Now that you have completed your Informative Essay, reflect back on this process, how it went, what you’ve learned from it, and what you might do differently the next time. Write a brief reflection journal in which you address the following questions
1.What just happened? (What did I/we do?)
2.What was the purpose? (Why did I/we do it?)
3.What did it say? (What was the content?) [For this question, identify one concept from the readings, lessons, or discussion pertaining to this assignment that seemed significant to you. Be specific.]
4.What was the point?
5.How can I use this?
Part 12
Now that you have completed your Persuasive Rough Draft, reflect back on this process, how it went, what you’ve learned from it, and what you might do differently the next time. Write a brief reflection journal in which you address the following questions
1.What just happened? (What did I/we do?)
2.What was the purpose? (Why did I/we do it?)
3.What did it say? (What was the content?) [For this question, identify one concept from the readings, lessons, or discussion pertaining to this assignment that seemed significant to you. Be specific.]
4.What was the point?
5.How can I use this?
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