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DUE DATE: The first draft is due on Wednesday Feb 22nd. The final draft of your essay is due on Monday March 6th.

We read Lahiri, Wong, Ahn, Harris, McCorkle and Alvarez. In their stories, the authors talk about their relationship to food and about the purpose and meaning of food. Your purpose for the essay is:

PURPOSE:

· To put 3 texts in conversation with each other by finding a common theme/issue/message in relation to food and its purpose/meaning and compare and contrast how this common theme/issue/message is presented or addressed in the 3 texts.

· To respond to this conversation by reflecting on your own understanding of the theme/issue/message presented in the texts and to come up with your own conclusions.

FORMATTING CRITERIA—IMPORTANT:

· Write 4-5 pages, double-spaced and in Times New Roman font size 12. The margins must be 1” on all sides. DO NOT insert spaces between paragraphs; just tab once for the first sentence of each paragraph. INCLUDE the following on the left side upper corner (each entry one line): Your Name, Course Number and Section, Prof. Martinez Earley, Essay # and draft #, date. On the upper right side, INCLUDE a HEADER with your last name and page number.

· Include all your drafts with your final draft. Post all your drafts and final draft on Schoology. Participate in drafting and revising and peer review in a timely manner. Hand in drafts and final revision on time. Meet with professor once for feedback (in person or via zoom).

· Follow MLA academic standards for documenting and citing your sources. For example, when you begin talking about a source, introduce the full name and the title of the reading. Thereafter, just include page number in parenthesis, or last name and page number if you do not include the author’s name in the signal phrase: (Harris 49) or (49). You’ll find information on in-text citations and works cited citations in Schoology under each reading assignment.

· Include a Works Cited page at the end of your essay listing your sources in alphabetical order by author’s last name. You can copy and paste the citations from Schoology under each reading assignment. Here is an example:

Berry, Wendell. “The Pleasures of Eating.” Food Matters. Ed. Holly Bauer. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2014. 64-70. Print.

· Proofread read your essay BEFORE you hand it in. Your essay will not be perfect, but I expect you to correct what you can in terms of grammar, punctuation, formatting errors, and avoidable typos. Sloppy essays are unacceptable.

CONTENT CRITERIA—MOST IMPORTANT:

· Set the context for your essay. Clearly introduce the theme/issue you are discussing in your essay. Have a main point that addresses the purpose of the essay.

· Support your main point throughout the essay. Organize your essay and argument following a logical order. Paragraphs need to have the purpose of supporting the main point for the essay. Develop each paragraph with a controlling idea, logical reasoning, explanations, examples, supporting evidence, and analysis of the evidence.

· Clearly introduce the 3 texts (title and author) and set the context. Briefly summarize what the texts are about and what key ideas they present. But do not limit your discussion to a summary of the sources. You need to also analyze how the sources relate to each other, and how they connect to your main idea. Compare and contrast how the common theme/issue is addressed in the texts, look for patterns, analyze the significance of your comparison, and come up with your own conclusions.

· Include at least 4 direct quotes in your essay. You’ll need to set the context for the quote, introduce the quote using a signal phase, quote, and then comment on the significance of the quote by comparing it to another source or your own argument, agreeing with the author, disagreeing, or adding to the author’s point. Do not limit yourself to merely repeating what the source says. NO OTHER OUTSIDE SOURCES ARE ALLOWED AND WILL NOT COUNT AS ANY OF THE REQUIRED SOURCES.

· Reflect on whether any of the texts have made you come to a new realization about your own understanding of food, or whether you have achieved new insight into your own relationship to food, and explain why that is, and why it is significant.

· Make substantial conceptual changes (rather than just lexical changes) during the revision process. Lexical changes are surface level changes such as word choice, or simple sentence structure changes. Conceptual changes have the WHOLE essay in mind and focus on concepts or ideas. Some examples of conceptual changes are: adding details, adding evidence, using different evidence, adding examples, using different examples, expanding on an idea, introducing a new idea, deleting parts, changing focus, rethinking a point, rearranging paragraphs, or restructuring paragraphs.

· Include a COVER LETTER for the FINAL DRAFT of your essay: Write one full page explaining your revision process. What kinds of changes did you make, and why did you make those changes? What exactly is different or similar? How did you approach the revision process? What revision techniques did you use? What did you learn from this exercise about your writing process? How did you choose/not choose to use the feedback you received? You can add additional information about your writing process if you want. Complete your letter by giving yourself a grade and explaining how you earned it.

GRADE:

(Green) Meets Expectations. (Yellow) Approaching Expectations. Developing. (Red) Does not meet expectations.

· A paper (90-100): fulfills all criteria and shows consistent great effort, attention to details, high quality of work, and complexity.

· B paper (80-89): fulfills almost all criteria, shows good effort, and is effective in meeting the expectations of the assignment. Some areas of performance may need more development.

· C paper (70-79) fulfills most criteria and reflects satisfactory effort and an acceptable performance of the assignment, but a number of areas of performance are still developing.

· D paper (60-69) fulfills few criteria and reflects significant weaknesses in the many target skills, and does not meet expectations in some areas. Reflects minimal effort and little understanding of the requirements.

· F paper (below 60) does not fulfill most of the criteria and does not meet expectations in most areas. Reflects little or no effort and a lack of understanding of the requirements.