This Argument assignment develops the student’s unique claim, in reference to a context of multiple perspectives (summarizing and quoting effectively from sources).

Specific Goals: Show that you can advance a claim/thesis and support this in relation to two sources.

• Use two reliable (approved) sources. (click here for approved class sources or get your alternate source approved by Sherwood)
• Make good choices of quotation, summary, and paraphrase
• Consider the various strategies and templates for working with sources as suggested in They Say I Say
• Effectively frame all quotations
• Appropriately cite all sources using MLA in-text citation (If you wish to use APA or another method, please make a note on your bibliography page and be sure you are using it consistently and correctly).

• 450-750 words
• 12 point font
• single spaced
• use two sources, properly cited
• original title
• clear thesis statement
• works cited page
• show “revision” efforts by making significant improvements in content and organization between rough draft and final essay