pick a topic and write a thesis

For homework this week, you will be picking a topic and writing a working thesis statement and proposal (Krause calls this assignment the Working Thesis Essay.”) The paper should include at a minimum the following:

• The topic you have chosen
• The reasons for your choice,
• The brainstorming that you did to find and narrow this topic,
• The working thesis that makes a specific persuasive argument,
• And a summary of the initial research that you have done.

Formatting: for homework assignments, write your name and the assignment in the upper left hand corner (This information will help your instructor keep your work separate from the work of others.)  For homework papers, please format as for the final paper: the assignment should be typed in double-spaced, 12-point, Times New Roman font on 8 ½ x 11 pages with margins of 1 inch top and bottom and 1 inch left and right. All other variables that affect length (character spacing, etc.) should be set to the default. Please remember that we are following the conventions of printed pages for English: indenting the first line of each paragraph and not spacing an extra line. The instructor can read these documents best if they are composed or saved in Word 2010 format (it has the docx suffix). If you are using another software, please save in the Word format.