Outline and Thesis

gather all of your information, plan the direction of your essay, and organize your ideas by developing a 1-page thesis statement and outline for your essay.

Only one source is required, and I will agree that this essay is probably the most difficult/confusing of them all.  Please remember I am very lenient with this first essay:-)  Think about it like this-- read one of the online articles given in the Reading and Study folder.  Hopefully, one of those will trigger some past educational experience-- this could either support what the article is saying or even go against it-- for example, if you chose the article on chores for children, you may disagree that chores are bad for children; thus, your thesis/argument would be something regarding that and your narrative portion would need to support your argument.  I prefer that only your narrative portion(maybe several paragraphs at the most) would be the only part that  is in first person.