WRITING

First, read the following writing prompt carefully, making a list in your own words of what

topics

you

need to

discu

ss

in your essay:

“

The film

All The President’s Men

and Greenstein’s article on direct and circumstantial evidence

provide us with several examples of the way humans try to find the meaning of facts and the truth

about e

vents.

Assume that you must rewrite Greenstein’s article, using

three or four

scenes

from the film

All The

President’s

Men

to

illustrate Greenstein’s main idea.

·

Which film scenes would you use?

·

What is the conclusion Greenstein should draw from

those film scenes about gathering and

assessing evidence?

”

Second

, reread the following article:

Greenstein, Richard K. “Determining Facts: The Myth of Direct Evidence.” 45

Houston Law Review

1801 (Winter, 2009).

Tem

ple Univ. Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2008

-

68. Web.

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1116644

Third

, list the main ideas Greenstein makes in his article, preparing a list of the required four quotations

for your essay.

Fourth

, watch the following film with Greenstein

’s main ideas in mind,

taking notes as you view the film

so that you can find the connections the writing prompt as

ks you to discuss:

Coblenz, Walter (Producer) & Pakula, Alan J. (Director). (1976).

All The President’s Men

. (Motion

picture). United States

: Warner Bros.

F

ifth

, construct a detailed outline which tracks the writing prompt.

Sixth, meet with your instructor to discuss your outline.

Seventh, meet with

a

Writing Center

tutor to review your outline

.

Eighth, write a complete draft of your essay

, being sure to comply with the following Basic Instructions:

Basic instructions:

Your

750 to 1

,000

-

word essay (three

-

four pages)

should meet each of the following

content

and format

requirements:

·

C

reate a thesis that

focuses

your

essay

, suppor

ted by well

-

organized paragraphs

and a well

-

reasoned conclusion

·

Include at least

four

short quotations from the assigned readings to support the reasoning in

your essay

·

D

ocument all primary and secondary sources according to the M

o

dern Language Association

(MLA)

or American Psychological Association (APA)

method of

d

ocumentation

with

p

are

nthetical citations everywhere you quote, paraphrase, or summarize

First, read the following writing prompt carefully, making a list in your own words of what topics you

need to discuss in your essay:

“The film All The President’s Men and Greenstein’s article on direct and circumstantial evidence

provide us with several examples of the way humans try to find the meaning of facts and the truth

about events.

Assume that you must rewrite Greenstein’s article, using three or four scenes from the film All The

President’s Men to illustrate Greenstein’s main idea.

 Which film scenes would you use?

 What is the conclusion Greenstein should draw from those film scenes about gathering and

assessing evidence?”

Second, reread the following article:

Greenstein, Richard K. “Determining Facts: The Myth of Direct Evidence.” 45 Houston Law Review

1801 (Winter, 2009). Temple Univ. Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2008-68. Web.

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1116644

Third, list the main ideas Greenstein makes in his article, preparing a list of the required four quotations

for your essay.

Fourth, watch the following film with Greenstein’s main ideas in mind, taking notes as you view the film

so that you can find the connections the writing prompt asks you to discuss:

Coblenz, Walter (Producer) & Pakula, Alan J. (Director). (1976). All The President’s Men. (Motion

picture). United States: Warner Bros.

Fifth, construct a detailed outline which tracks the writing prompt.

Sixth, meet with your instructor to discuss your outline.

Seventh, meet with a Writing Center tutor to review your outline.

Eighth, write a complete draft of your essay, being sure to comply with the following Basic Instructions:

Basic instructions: Your 750 to 1,000-word essay (three-four pages) should meet each of the following

content and format requirements:

 Create a thesis that focuses your essay, supported by well-organized paragraphs and a well-

reasoned conclusion

 Include at least four short quotations from the assigned readings to support the reasoning in

your essay

 Document all primary and secondary sources according to the Modern Language Association

(MLA) or American Psychological Association (APA) method of documentation with

parenthetical citations everywhere you quote, paraphrase, or summarize