Lesson Activity

Personal Response Assignment (20% of Final Grade)

Grade Breakdown

PART 1: APA Template (5%)

· Due January 21 at 11:59pm PT via Dropbox

PART 2: Personal Response (PR) Essay (10%)

· Due February 11 at 11:59pm PT via Turnitin

PART 3: In-Session Writing (5%)

· To Be Held February 7 during class time

PART 1: APA Template (5%) Due January 21 at 11:59pm via Dropbox

APA Template Assignment

Your resources for this project:

· APA Guide (Especially APA information)

· Purdue OWL website (Google “APA” & “OWL” and it will bring you to the site)

· “True North” (Leadership 301 book by Bill George)

Instructions:

1. Read the APA Guidelines from the APA Guide & the Purdue OWL Website. It demonstrates how university APA essays should be FORMATTED and explains the basic rules for setting up your paper in APA style, as well as correct CITATION/REFERENCING for sources of evidence.

2. Set up your essay, including a title page, paragraph pages (writing pages), and a References page. Pay attention to all details of formatting, including the title page layout, the header, the page numbering, the margins, paper size, and line spacing (NOTE: No Abstract or Appendix page is required; No subheadings required)

3. In your template, provide draft writing of the introduction and background paragraph for your personal response essay (assignment outline found on Moodle). You may include more paragraphs if you choose. You must include at least 2 APA citation references in the writing (one for the prompt and one for a secondary source about the author or leadership theory that is used in the background paragraph).

4. Set up your References page. Put the source information (for the book, article, or website) into correct APA style. (See APA References and/or OWL). Make sure the list is in alphabetical order. Do not forget to be careful with names (use family names for author entries, not given names), spelling, and punctuation (e.g. correct use of periods, commas, and italics). This page must include APA references for the two citations used in the draft writing. Don’t forget to correctly cross-reference the citations and references.

5. Upload your template to the APA Template dropbox on the assigned date. The template will be graded for correct APA formatting, citation, and referencing.

PART 2: Personal Response (PR) Essay (10%) Due February 11 at 11:59pm Via Turnitin

Instructions

Read the following from Bill George’s book True North: Introduction, Chapter 1, Chapter 2. You will write a response essay to Chapter 2 (i.e. This chapter will be your prompt for this essay).

Write a personal response essay (2-3 pages) according to the patterns taught in Writing 101 class. This paper should include:

· APA format including Title page (no abstract/no subheadings)

· An Introduction Paragraph (Following the general introduction pattern from the Writing 101 Course Pack)

· A Background Paragraph that outlines information about the book author and their theory, and includes a short (1-2 sentence) summary of the reading.

· The background paragraph must include secondary source citation: Using the internet, find additional source(s) of evidence about the author and/or his theory of leadership.

· Two (2) response body paragraphs that respond specifically to the information in the chapter above. These paragraphs must follow the body paragraph pattern that is taught in class and appears in the Writing 101 Course Pack. Each type of response learned in class must be used at least once in the essay.

· In particular, the personal experience response must include reference to a personal leader (i.e. a parent/teacher/relative/coach); someone that reflects the leadership characteristic/quality you are highlighting.

· The comparative response must include reference to a public leader (i.e. a historical figure, political leader, religious leader, celebrity, etc.). An APA citation is required for the comparative response. Using the internet, find a source of evidence about at least one public leader you know that reflects one of the ideas that you learned about in the chapter above (either a positive or negative idea). The leader does NOT have to be a business leader (i.e. the leader could be a political leader, religious leader, celebrity, etc.), and must not come from the book chapter itself.

· A Conclusion paragraph.

· References page including a minimum of 3 references (include the reference for the prompt, a reference for the source(s) used in the background paragraph, and a reference for the source used for the comparative response in the body paragraph)

NOTE: Remember that the purpose of a personal response is to critically interact with the prompt and demonstrate connections with your knowledge outside of the class. This is NOT a chapter review/summary. It is expected that you will choose specific ideas, quotes, or situations from the prompt and you will respond to them directly. Any essay that is not a personal response will not pass.

PART 3: In-Session Writing (5%) To Be Held During Class Time February 7

The last part of the Personal Response Essay will be to complete one (1) body paragraph of a personal response essay in a timed writing session to be held during the class session. You will respond to a reading prompt chosen by the instructor on an historical issue of race/racism in North America.