Position Paper Details

Essay #4: Position Paper

Essay #4: Position Paper

Assignment: Final Draft: Construct a 3+ pages (1000 words) essay in which you
argue for or against a campus or national issue related to privacy.

Purpose: The purpose of this assignment is to help you develop your
 skill at writing in the argument genre. You will learn how to organize a well-supported 
argument on a single issue. You will practice using evidence to support claims.
 You will also learn to refute or accommodate opposing claims.

Details of the assignment:

__ 3+ pages (1000 words)
__ MLA Format
__ Double Spaced
__ 12 pt. Times New Roman Font
__ Sources Documented w/ Works Cited Page in MLA format. Website Statistics can simply be cited
in parenthesis for this essay.

1. You must include at least three claims to support your overall judgment.
2. You must include at least 1 counterargument of an opposing position.

3. You should include one concession and/or refutation within one of the main point paragraphs.
4. You need and introduction that includes a clear thesis statement and a conclusion that makes 

further recommendations for action or reasserts your claim.

Politics & Immigration from my boys!

Interesting...

http://time.com/3584611/write-better-tips-from-harvard/?utm_content=buffer63e69&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

DUE MONDAY: HANDOUT FROM CLASS

https://drive.google.com/a/anderson.edu/file/d/0B1CO16RQfDdIY1paQkFlTDZ2WHM/view?usp=sharing

LOGICAL FALLACIES

https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/

Another Privacy Debate

http://intelligencesquaredus.org/debates/past-debates/item/987-spy-on-me-id-rather-be-safe

Intelligence Squared

http://intelligencesquaredus.org/debates

The Freedom to Write & Friday's Blog Prize

ENGL 1110:

Thanks for diving in to the writing exercise today. I was particularly interested in your reactions and comparisons with academic writing. Some of you said you felt refreshed to get to have more freedom in this exercise. Writing wasn't as much of a burden. Some of you were even surprised and proud of your work, which is amazing considering that you only had 15 minutes to jot down some ideas. (I wonder if going tech-free and mostly distraction free helped?)

As we move into the final third of the semester, I want you to continue to explore some of the questions that may have been raised by this activity and PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE raise them in class or write about it in a blog post or send me an email.

Finally, I'm wondering if there is a way to create more of a BRIDGE between the kind of production you had today in the free-write and the frustration you sometimes feel with assigned writing. It has taken me a while to work through and past the idea of academic writing as separate from myself, but I can say that there is very little separation now.  I believe that there is a way to begin to find more value and meaning in every kind of writing that we do, especially if we talk about it more.

Feel free to comment on my blog post. Talk about where you find academic writing to be something worthwhile and why. Or, what could teachers like me do to provide more support to you as you work through papers. It's hard work, but I definitely want you to feel supported.

Anyone who comments will also be eligible for Friday's BLOG PRIZE!!!