ASSIGNMENT DETAILS: Essay Four builds on Essay Three and is an MLA-formatted, 8-10
argumentative research essay on a focused aspect of U.S. immigration. Your argumentative
research essay will bring your ideas together with source ideas to support a focused and debatable
main claim. It will demonstrate the essential skills for writing academic essays that we’ve
practiced this semester.
SOURCES: Essay Four will rely on Readings One-Six from Weeks Nine-Eleven that you’ve analyzed
and produced rhetorical precis for and on the discussion readings assigned for Roll Call Posts
during Weeks Ten-Twelve. This was our work for Essay Three. In addition, Essay Four will rely on
an additional FOUR sources, one of which will be from a JOURNAL ARTICLE.
Your Argumentative Research Essay will include –
An effective introduction that provides necessary context and logically leads to the main
claim.
Body paragraphs that –
o begin with subclaims (key supporting points)
o include related evidence from our source texts and your explanation
o relate back to the main claim
At least one counterargument from an actual source and your rebuttal.
A conclusion that logically relates to the essay, but that adds an idea or suggestion for further
action or thought that leaves your reader with something to ponder.
Your essay will –
Be submitted to NetTutor for review.
Remain focused on one primary idea throughout the essay.
Use sound evidence and reasoning.
Allow your voice to speak first, last, and loudest.
Rely on at least FIVE sources provided by me and researched by you.
In EACH body paragraph, include embedded quotations/paraphrases/summaries from these
sources that each include a signal phrase, accurate citation, and explanation afterward.
FOUR embedded sources must be direct quotations.
Include accurate in-text citations
Include a separate Works Cited page as the last page of the essay.
Not include instances of “you.”
Be clear and logical, overall.
source
Reading One-Two: Entering the Debate l Week Nine
Reading One: Aviva Chomsky, Undocumented, “Introduction,” pp. 1-10
Reading Two: Council on Foreign Relations, “The U.S. Immigration Debate,” pp. 1-9
Reading Three-Four: Costs & Benefits of Immigration l Week Ten
Reading Three: Edsall, Thomas B., “What Does Immigration Actually Cost Us?,” pp. 1-10
Reading Four: West, Darrell M.,The Brookings Institution, “The Costs and Benefits of Immigration,” from the book Brain Gain: Rethinking U.S. Immigration Policy, Brookings Institution, pp. 1-20
Reading Five-Six: Immigration Policies l Week Eleven
Reading Five: U.S.-Mexico Border Policy Report: “Effective Border Policy: Security, Responsibility And Human Rights at the U.S.-Mexico Border,” pp. 1-38
Reading Six: Levin, Yuval, “Toward a Conservative Immigration Policy,” pp. 1-3
Week Ten
Newton, Lisa, “Introduction: The Power of a Good Story,” pp. 1-4
Lopez, Gustavo, “Key Findings about U.S. Immigrants,” pp. 1-11
Week Eleven
Borjas, George, “The Immigration Debate We Need,” pp. 1-7
Douthat, Ross, “The Necessary Immigration Debate,” pp. 1-6
Week Twelve
“Celebrities Reveal Their Immigrant Stories in Six Powerful Words“
Vargas, Jose Antonio, “My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant,” pp. 1-13
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