Exercises

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Essay 3: Final Draft

The goal of this exercise is to produce a revised and polished final draft of your scholarly research essay. To produce your final draft, you will extensively revise and develop your formal draft using lessons and strategies learned in class and suggestions provided in my feedback and from your peers.

Due by 11:59 p.m. Sunday, May 20th

Make sure that you:

  • follow all formatting guidelines
  • provide an original title for your essay
  • underline your thesis and the topic sentence of every paragraph
  • include a Works Cited list on a separate page at the end of the essay
  • include a self-evaluation on a separate page in which you explain how you used previous draft feedback to guide your revision choices. Name the handouts or model essays you reviewed during your revision process. List any outside help you used e.g. the Writing Center, Language Lab tutoring, classmates, family.
  • name your final draft correctly and submit it as a Word document to: https://www.dropbox.com/request/fEzz3Jbc4NkPxydF6qoj

 

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Essay 3: Formal Draft B // Essay 2: Revised Final Draft

Revised Final Draft of Essay 2

You have the opportunity to submit a revised final draft of Essay 2 by 11:59 p.m. Saturday, May 12th. In order to be eligible to submit this draft, you were supposed to have met with me during office hours or during an alternative time. However, if you did not meet with me, I will still allow you to submit a revision. In your revision:

  • underline your thesis and the topic sentence of each paragraph
  • include a PAS outline on a separate page at the end
  • include a self-evaluation that explains how you used previous draft feedback to guide your revision choices. Name the handouts or model essays you reviewed during your revision process.

If these are not included, your revision will not be graded. Late submissions will not be graded. Submit your revision of Essay 2 to this Dropbox folder: https://www.dropbox.com/request/eYh6LQt9xAhA4BVSjDHG

Formal Draft B of Essay 3

You have the opportunity to submit a revised formal draft of Essay 3 by 11:59 p.m. Monday, May 14th. This is optional, not mandatory. In your formal draft:

  • state your developing thesis after you ask your central question(s)
  • underline your thesis and the topic sentence of each paragraph
  • include a PAS outline on a separate page at the end
  • include a self-evaluation that explains the path(s) of argument you attempted to use, what you think is working so far, and what challenges you are still facing. Name the handouts or model essays you reviewed during your revision process.

If these are not included, your draft will not receive feedback. Submit your formal draft B to this Dropbox folder: https://www.dropbox.com/request/f3iXfgwKLNmAo5To80Lg

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Exercise 3.7

No written homework is due.

Review my feedback (sent by email) on your formal drafts of the scholarly research essay. Continue to research theoretical, argument, and contextual sources needed to develop your own argument. If you have not yet visited the library help desk or contacted the librarian (david.williams@qc.cuny.edu) for assistance, I strongly recommend that you do so before our next class. Without suitable sources, you cannot develop your own strong argument.

After finding more sources, follow the paths of argument discussed in class to develop your own argument.

[pdf-embedder url=”http://collegewritingmonsters.qwriting.qc.cuny.edu/files/2018/05/IMG_1754.pdf” title=”Argument Path D”] [pdf-embedder url=”http://collegewritingmonsters.qwriting.qc.cuny.edu/files/2018/05/IMG_1753.pdf” title=”Argument Path C”] [pdf-embedder url=”http://collegewritingmonsters.qwriting.qc.cuny.edu/files/2018/05/IMG_1752.pdf” title=”Argument Path B”] [pdf-embedder url=”http://collegewritingmonsters.qwriting.qc.cuny.edu/files/2018/05/IMG_1751.pdf” title=”Argument Path A”]

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In-Class Writing: Revision Plan

Describe your revision plan for your scholarly research essay. List at least the next three steps you need to take, explaining why you must take each step.

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Exericise 3.6

The goal of this exercise is to evaluate the structure of the formal draft of your scholarly research essay.

Due by 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, May 8th
Estimated time: 30 mins

Print out a copy of your formal draft of Essay 3. Underline the topic sentence of each paragraph in your draft. Evaluate each paragraph to see whether it develops and supports the single, specific idea expressed in the underlined topic sentence.

Please note that you do not need to post anything online for this homework exercise; however, you must bring your printed copy of this annotated formal draft with you to class.

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Essay 3: Formal Draft A

The goal of this exercise is to produce a revised formal draft of your third essay. To produce your formal draft, you will extensively revise and develop your zero draft using ideas from class and suggestions provided in my feedback.

Estimated time: 2-3 hours
Due by 11:59 p.m. Thursday, May 3rd

Assignment

  1. Read the guidelines for the Scholarly Research Essay, the model scholarly lens essay, and the guidelines for naming and formatting essay drafts.
  2. Revise your zero draft into a polished formal draft of 4-5 pages. As we practiced in class today, you should analyze your central question(s) closely to determine what type of theoretical sources you must introduce and use in your essay. Try to use one of the paths of analysis discussed in class on Thursday. End your draft with your tentative thesis.
  3. Include a Works Cited list on a separate page using MLA style. Refer to the course textbook for help with this.
  4. Instead of a self-evaluation, write the PAS outline for your essay on a separate page. (Review the Effective Paragraphing handout.)
  5. Name your Word document as explained in the course syllabus and then submit it to: https://www.dropbox.com/request/STPTJj10qgsyoeOl6vPK
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In-Class Writing: Crafting an Effective Title

An effective essay title should:

  1. inform the intended audience of the topic of your essay. What is your exhibit? What is the issue?
  2. intrigue the reader by stating or hinting your main idea about the essay’s topic. What is your insight about your exhibit or issue? What key terms must you use?

Possible approaches are:

  1. TOPIC/EXHIBIT: MAIN IDEA
  2. MAIN IDEA of/in TOPIC/EXHIBIT
  3. TOPIC in EXHIBIT

Post two possible titles for your scholarly research essay below.