Homework Schedule for Paper 2 Assignment

Your Homework Schedule for the Next Segment (Reefer Madness Paper) is as follows:

Week of 9/22:
Answer Questions on Ch. 1 Handout here and respond to Q5 with at least 1 page of free writing toward your essay in your journal. (Note: I will be checking these off in class on 9/29.)

Go over Active Reading for entire "Reefer Madness" chapter, improving your first round and summarizing/mapping the main points and structure that Schlosser uses. Identify specific items you might want to use in your paper. Also decide which way to go with your thesis.

Note: here is the handout on Ethos/Pathos Logos.

Week of 9/29:
Write Rough Draft of Reefer Madness Paper.
Use your free writing and consider outline structure from handout to create paragraphs with main ideas/topic sentences to support your thesis.
Bring three printed copies of your draft to class for peer review.

Week of 10/6:
Finish your Final Draft to hand in on 10/13 at the start of class.
Consider:
Revision tools: Use feedback from Peer Review and Outline Template Handout

Editing: Now that you've considered your paragraph arrangement and what points you want to get across, examine the interior of your paragraphs: Do they start with a topic sentence (an idea)? If not, where/what is the idea for the paragraph? What unifies it? Do you use evidence? Is it properly set up, cited if necessary? Do you make your point clear?
Is each paragraph approx. 1/3 to 2/3 of a page? Not longer or shorter?

Proofreading: Consider the work you've been doing on Learning Curve. Go to Lab to get help from tutors. Read your work out loud to hear how it sounds. Use proofreading strategies here.