6-3

Develop the thesis statement that you wrote f

or

5

-

3

into a full essay about the current social

conflict and and its significance. Your audience is people who disagree with you.

All essays must include the following:

An introduction that make

s an attempt to get the readers' attention, sets the context (audience

and purpose), and ends with the thesis statement and preview.

This thesis creates the

expectation in the readers about how the body will be organized, one

body section for each point

in the preview. Why are the points in that order? The answer to that

question is your organizing order. It could be as simple as the least important point building up

to the most important point. Whatever it is, the transitions between the body sections sh

ould

make the organizing principle clear to the readers

.

Use Hacker & Sommers section 3 Building Effective Paragraphs, pp. 40

-

54, as a guide for how to

structure each of the body sections.

The essay must include the research sources you found on the

Controversial Topics

page at The

Best Schools web site. Review Hacker & Sommers, chapters 58

-

62. The sources must be cited in

the text of the essay using s

ignal phrases where you begin drawing from the source and

correctly formatted APA in

-

text citations. Use the .pdf from this week's readings as a guide. The

sources should all be listed on a separate reference page using APA format. College

-

level

writing, w

hich includes spelling, punctuation, vocabulary, sentence structure, and paragraph

development that conform to the standards in our grammar book, is expected in all of your

written work for this course.

The essay must have a final concluding paragraph th

at summarizes the main points, provides

any final important insights, and gives a sense of closure.

In Hacker & Sommers, section 62b, p. 530, you will find a sample paper with title page and

references that you should use a model.

This essay should be

at least 750 words and must be submitted using APA formatting, including

a title page and page numbers. Double

-

space the text, use one

-

inch margins, and indent every

paragraph. There is no extra line between paragraphs; indenting is enough. The whole

docum

ent should be in the same typeface.

Develop the thesis statement that you wrote for 5-3 into a full essay about the current social

conflict and and its significance. Your audience is people who disagree with you.

All essays must include the following:

An introduction that makes an attempt to get the readers' attention, sets the context (audience

and purpose), and ends with the thesis statement and preview.

This thesis creates the expectation in the readers about how the body will be organized, one

body section for each point in the preview. Why are the points in that order? The answer to that

question is your organizing order. It could be as simple as the least important point building up

to the most important point. Whatever it is, the transitions between the body sections should

make the organizing principle clear to the readers.

Use Hacker & Sommers section 3 Building Effective Paragraphs, pp. 40-54, as a guide for how to

structure each of the body sections.

The essay must include the research sources you found on the Controversial Topics page at The

Best Schools web site. Review Hacker & Sommers, chapters 58-62. The sources must be cited in

the text of the essay using signal phrases where you begin drawing from the source and

correctly formatted APA in-text citations. Use the .pdf from this week's readings as a guide. The

sources should all be listed on a separate reference page using APA format. College-level

writing, which includes spelling, punctuation, vocabulary, sentence structure, and paragraph

development that conform to the standards in our grammar book, is expected in all of your

written work for this course.

The essay must have a final concluding paragraph that summarizes the main points, provides

any final important insights, and gives a sense of closure.

In Hacker & Sommers, section 62b, p. 530, you will find a sample paper with title page and

references that you should use a model.

This essay should be at least 750 words and must be submitted using APA formatting, including

a title page and page numbers. Double-space the text, use one-inch margins, and indent every

paragraph. There is no extra line between paragraphs; indenting is enough. The whole

document should be in the same typeface.