Should college students be required to take general education courses?

Prompt: Should college students be required to take general education courses?

Choose one answer in the box below and delete the other options:

A

YES, NO, IT DEPENDS

Write a complete sentence answering the prompt. Type it in the box below. This is the first part of your claim (thesis).

B

Answer:

Next, come up with three reasons to support your answer. Write them in the box below:

C

1.

2.

3.

Locate one quotation from any of the three texts we’ve read that you could use to support one of your answers in the above box. You do not have to use this week’s reading (Text #3) – you can use Text #1 or Text #2 if they align better with your position. Copy and paste the quotation in the box below.

D

Quotation:

Next, write one sentence explaining HOW or WHY that quotation supports your thesis (what you wrote in box B)

E

Last, to practice integrating quotations, use your quotation listed in D and your rationale in E to create a short paragraph like the example provided in the module this week. Remember that your paragraph should:

a) Introduce the author of the quotation and provide the title of the text

b) State the quotation

c) Summarize/paraphrase the quotation

d) Analyze the quotation

e) State the relevance of the quotation to your thesis

F