Module 3 Discussion: Essay Building
Essay Frames
It’s our third Discussion Board (DB) assignment for the semester!
In this Module, we reviewed the parts of an essay so that we can ensure that our essays have said parts when we write them. When people think of essays, they typically focus on the paragraph level since that is the “bigger” part, and it is in terms of size. However, in terms of importance, there are two types of sentences that are far more crucial in the construction of the essay: the thesis statement and the topic sentences. Without these “frames,” the paragraphs are meaningless. For this DB assignment, we are going to practice these sentence types so that we start to build “muscle memory”; in other words, we are going to practice writing these types of sentences so often this semester that writing them will be almost automatic every time you start a new essay.
Instructions:
Read “Do We Have To?Links to an external site.” by Alexander Stern (this topic is a possibility for Essay 1 and for Response 1).
NOTE: Remember that your library log in has changed from previous years; I have provided log in tips below.
User: first.lastname@students.gcccd.edu
Password: birthday, using 6 numbers (mmddyy)
Add your initial reply post to this discussion by Wednesday night at 11:59 pm (to do so, just select the “reply” button, below). In your post please include the following:
Assume that you will be writing an essay on the topic of Technology and Its Addictive Tendencies.
Take a stance; is technology addiction a “real” problem and then:
Write a thesis stating your viewpoint;
Write two to three topic sentences that would build that thesis statement;
Offer an example to prove one of the topic sentences (it can be a personal example of a quote or summary from the essay);
If you quote or summarize, then be sure to offer a citation.
***The post must be at least 100 words.
By Saturday night at 11:59 pm, please reply to at least two of your peer’s posts. In each reply, please do at least one of the following:
Note an idea that you and your peer shared or agreed upon.
Share some feedback or commentary about something interesting he/she shared that you may not have considered.
***The replies must also be at least 100 words each.
Grading:
This assignment is worth 10 points. Your grade is comprised of both the post and the replies.
Rubric
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