Write a thesis statement for the Unit 1 Essay Project
To do this, think through the prompt carefully, explore the questions it offers, and make decisions about how you’ll focus your analysis. Draw from the They Say / Gap / I Say format I’ve covered in lectures and in various supplementary materials.
Choose one of the Unit 1 readings and accomplish the following:
1) Analyze your chosen argument;
2) Suggest a gap in the author’s presentation of the issue; and
3) Make the move to add to the conversation on the topic. Think about the various contexts of our time and use one as an “entry point” to focus your analysis.
Write an introduction and an anticipation of objection paragraph for the Unit 1 Essay
Shoot for roughly one page each.
Choose a context to help focalize your presentation of the issue at hand, and use the models and advice I’ve provided to help guide your work. 2 Pages. Unit 1 Essay Prompt:
Choose one of the Unit 1 readings and accomplish the following:
1) Analyze your chosen argument;
2) Suggest a gap in the author’s presentation of the issue; and
3) Make the move to add to the conversation on the topic.
Think about the various contexts of our time and use one as an “entry point” to focus your analysis. Draft and Final Essay
Choose one of the Unit 1 readings and accomplish the following:
1) Analyze your chosen argument;
2) Suggest a gap in the author’s presentation of the issue; and
3) Make the move to add to the conversation on the topic.
Think about the various contexts of our time and use one as an “entry point” to focus your analysis. 4-5 pages Notes Your work should concede something to your chosen writer, provide solid reasoning and evidence for your ideas, and say something about what you hope your paper will contribute to the conversation.
The paper must be written for an “unfamiliar audience,” so that someone without prior knowledge of the class readings should be able to understand it. Finally, you should summarize information, as needed, from the larger conversation in order to support (or complicate) your claim, as well as anticipate opposing positions.
When assessing the writer’s ideas, you may draw from any of the videos and essays we have discussed in class, including the supplementary materials from daily lectures, but you may not draw upon outside sources. Using at least one other source from Unit 1 is required. When outlining your paper, consider brainstorming with the following questions:
What questions does the writer seem to be interested in, even if the argument does not definitely answer them? What elements of your chosen writer’s piece seem most effective or reasonable?
What does the writer not take into account to your level of satisfaction?
What further dimension of the issue(s) might we consider to achieve a more successful or complete solution or intervention? How might the other authors we have read shed light on or complicate the argument you have chosen to analyze? What question do you hope your analysis will answer?
Why is this particular question important for us to think about?