Fluent Essays

For this weeks homework, you will write a rough draft of your essay 2. Your rough draft is due posted here by Sunday (NO LATE ESSAYS OR YOU WILL MISS OUT ON PEER REVIEWS). Please post it as a DOC or PDF file. Make sure it is in MLA format, so you the info provided under this week to set up the format correctly.   For essay #2, you will be writing a Working Thesis Essay, as described in chapter 5 of TPRW. After reviewing your research essay prompt (essay 3) and the readings for this week, respond to the essay 2 prompt below. WRITING PROMPT Write a brief narrative essay where you discuss the topic you have decided to research and write about.  Tell your audience, your fellow classmates and your instructor how you arrived at this topic, some of the other ideas you considered in your brainstorming activities, and the working thesis you have settled on for the start of your project. Also, be sure to let us know about some of the initial library [or other online/credible] research you have found so far. This is a short essay (approx. 750 words) that should be detailed, show evidence of significant thought and consideration, as also illustrate some research. However, this is not a research paper so quotes and a Works Cited page is not needed. This is more like your plan for your upcoming research essay (essay 3). *Remember to read the whole essay 2 assignment prompt again so you are clear about the essay requirements.  Working Thesis Draft _ PR (20)    Correct SubmissionEssay draft is at least two pages, double-spaced, and uploaded on time as a DOC or PDF file. *Comment on areas that are correct AND those that need to be fixed for the final draft. MLA FormatEssay follows basic MLA formatting with: 1 margins, centered title, name/instructor/course/date on top left side of page one only, headers. indented paragraphs, all font the same size/type, and double-spaced with NO extra spacing between any lines of the essay. *Give feedback on strengths AND areas to improve. CONTENT - ProblemEssay states the topic, why it was chosen, and how it was narrowed down to a specific problem. *Give feedback on strengths AND areas to improve. CONTENT - Working thesisSomewhere in the essay should be a clearly stated working thesis of what the student is planning to use in their research essay. *Give feedback on where you found thesis (if you did), and its strengths or ways to improve. CONTENT - SourcesSomewhere in the body of the essay the student should mention multiple (3 or more) credible sources they have found so far, and that they might plan to use in their research. Titles should be given, with authors and brief descriptions optional. Sources can include online articles, websites, books, people to interview, videos, and movies. [There should be NO quoting, other than for titles, - this is not the research essay!] *Give feedback on strengths AND areas to improve. OrganizationEven though this is a narrative, the essay should have a clear essay structure with: intro paragraph, body paragraphs that contain the required CONTENT items, and a conclusion. *Give feedback on organization that it strong OR should be moved/rearranged. Editing & StyleThis is a rough draft and does not need to be perfectly polished yet. However, areas to review are: wording should be clear and not too casual (no slang or abbreviations), sentences with capitalization and correct punctuation marks, correct spelling, and avoid wordiness and grammar mistakes. *Give feedback on strengths AND areas to improve.   Essay 2 Assignment Instructions (Working Thesis Essay) Final Draft Due: week 4 (see Canvas for due dates) Worth: 20\% of your total grade Rough Draft Due: week 3 (see Canvas for due dates)   PURPOSE To demonstrate critical reading and thinking skills To illustrate the ability to formulate a strong and compelling thesis statement To understand how to utilize pre-writing and revising techniques To prepare an MLA-formatted essay to serve as a plan for a research essay To illustrate how to take feedback on previous essay to improve in a subsequent essay For essay #3, you will be writing a Working Thesis Essay, as described in chapter 5 of TPRW . After reviewing this prompt, the research essay prompt, and the sample essay(s), write your own MLA-formatted working thesis essay, following the instructions below: WRITING PROMPT (read this) read this read this! Write a brief narrative essay where you discuss the topic you have decided to research and write about.  Tell your audience, your fellow classmates and your instructor how you arrived at this topic, some of the other ideas you considered in your brainstorming activities, and the working thesis you have settled on for the start of your project. Also, be sure to let us know about some of the initial library [or other online/credible] research you have found so far. Even though this is a short essay (approx. 750 words), it should be very detailed, show evidence of significant thought and consideration, as also illustrate that you have started your research by including several credible sources you have found. In addition, attention to the feedback you received on essay 2 peer reviews should be obvious with evidence of revision and editing on this essay. *This essay is required to move onto essay 3 (the research essay). Students who change their topics for the research essay after writing this essay must first complete a new working thesis essay based on the new topic.Steven D. Krause | http://www.stevendkrause.com/tprw | Spring 2007 Chapter Five The Working Thesis Exercise • Working with Assigned Topics • Coming Up with Your Own Idea • Brainstorming for Ideas • Brainstorming with Computers • Moving From Ideas to Topics with the Help of the Library and the World Wide Web • Writing Your Working Thesis • Assignment: Writing The Working Thesis * A Sample Assignment * Questions to Consider with a First Draft * Review and Revision * A Student Example: “Preventing Drunk Driving by Enforcement” by Daniel Marvins This chapter is about finding something to write about in the first place. As I suggested earlier in the introduction and in Chapter 1, “Thinking Critically About Research,” the process of finding something to write about is complicated. In many ways, you need to think critically about the idea of research, you need to go to the library or the internet and conduct research, and you need to formulate a question or thesis to research all at the same time. Sometimes, the subject of your research is called a “research question” or “problem statement.” I’ve decided to call this process “the working thesis” exercise to emphasize the idea that embarking on a research writing project involves making “a point” that is also a continually revised “work” in progress. A working thesis is tentative in that it will inevitably change as you go through the process of writing and researching. But if you’re more comfortable thinking of the starting point of your research project as being about asking the right questions or finding the right problem, that’s okay too. Working With Assigned Topics Many times, starting an academic writing assignment is easy: you write about the topic as assigned by the instructor. Of course, it is never a good idea to simply repeat what the instructor says about a particular topic. But in many college classes, the topic of your writing projects will be determined by the subject matter of the class and the directions of the instructor. If you are required to write a research paper for your political science class that focuses on the effects of nationalism, chances are an essay on the relaxation benefits of trout fishing would not be welcomed. The Process of Research Writing Chapter Five, “The Working Thesis Exercise,”2 Steven D. Krause | http://www.stevendkrause.com/tprw | Spring 2007 So, how do you write about topics assigned by the instructor? The answer to this question depends on the specific assignment and the class, but here are a few questions you should ask yourself and your instructor as you begin to write: • What is the purpose and who is the audience for the essay you are being asked to write? In other words, what do you understand to be the instructor’s and your goals in writing? Is the instructor’s assignment designed to test your understanding and comprehension of class lectures, discussions, Dent 1 Stu Dent Angelina Misaghi English 1 28 October 2018 Revealing the Truth About What You Feed Your Body To live, we must maintain our body and health by nourishing it constantly with nutrient-rich goods, such as food, fluids and vitamins. Food stabilizes our body and also gives it the energy it requires to progress through one’s day. In the modern world, farms utilize many conventional ways of growing their produce—often geared towards the fastest way to create the best-looking produce with the longest shelf life. Consumers can be under the mistaken impression that they chose a healthy food or product, but with a few minutes of basic research into the company that produced it, they can discover their mistake and determine that their “healthy choice” could have harmful effects on their body and future health. Healthy food is the general topic I started with. Brainstorming strategies such as freewriting and clustering helped narrow my topic from healthy food to the specific problem of conventional farming methods. I chose this issue primarily because of my passion for “clean” eating. While healthy foods and their benefits have always intrigued me, finding clean and superior quality foods produced from trustworthy companies has been a greater interest because it is much more challenging than one could imagine. I was also interesting in this topic because my father was diagnosed with a digestive disease that required a very specific diet. In the beginning, it was difficult to find a place where we could all eat as a family. Since then his disease, celiac disease, has become more widespread and gluten-free foods have Dent 2 become more common. Not only did my family and I have to find nutritious and gluten- free food for my father, this change in all of our lives forced us to learn about the importance of food quality and finding trustworthy companies with honest labeling. After researching and brainstorming and realizing that my problem was conventional farming methods, I took a quick trip to the grocery market, and somewhere between the meat and poultry aisle I ultimately came up with a very rough idea of my working thesis: “Although all produce might seem fresh and wholesome, many produce farmers use conventional methods (versus organic methods) to grow their foods to be most visually appealing, without regard to harmful—or even life- threatening—effects they may have on one’s health and future.” I know I might need to cut this down more, or put it into two sentences to make it clearer. Now more than ever, it has become a trend in society to eat fresh and healthy foods. For example, super foods like kale and quinoa are becoming more popular. However, the problem is that not everyone inquires about the source of their kale or quinoa prior to consumption. Consumers should investigate and scrutinize the source of their fresh produce and other grocery item