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Greetings! Essay #3 Information--Please read the
following carefully.
Three-Source Example--What Matters in America --please read, watch, and study--video walkthrough Three-source essay Works Cited Page
To
begin, you get to determine the writing prompt for Essay #3. All you need do
is pick a new What Matters in America article (one you haven't
written about yet) and write a summary-and-response essay regarding it. Once
you pick and study the article, browse the writing suggestions that follow it
and select the one that’s most interesting. So in this regard, your new essay will have the same guidelines that we covered in Essay #2. HOWEVER,
there are important additions: Essay #2 asked you to blend words and ideas from the What Matters in America article with your own.
Essay #3 will also require this, PLUS the addition of words and ideas from at least TWO outside sources.
To
locate possible outside sources related to your new What Matters in
America article, put to use the
research skills we have recently learned as well as the resources of the SCC
Library. This means you'll be working with
three sources: the What Matters in America article and the two
additional outside sources you located. Once
you have the outside sources in hand, spend a few hours studying them to
further educate yourself about your What Matters in America
article’s issue(s). These additional sources should give you a much broader
understanding and appreciation of the issue(s), an understanding and
appreciation you can share with your reader in your essay. Please remember to alphabetically list the outside sources you used, along with those of your What Matters in America article, on your Works Cited page. Please be sure that your Works Cited page conforms EXACTLY to MLA guidelines. Here's a sample Works Cited page in MLA 7th Edition format.
. You’ll
find a good student essay example under the heading of the Three-Source Student Essay Example in this
week’s module. This example demonstrates the use of two additional outside
sources, but the principle is the same. The example demonstrates how all of
this fits together. Since time is short, there are no Writing Groups for this essay; you can, however, make arrangements with a classmate to peer edit your rough draft. Essay
#3 Check Sheet To be eligible to receive a grade of 70/100 or higher, your
submitted essay must meet all of
the assignment requirements listed below: Your essay ____ deals with a new
What
Matters in America
article ____ includes
occasional words and ideas from the What
Matters in America article ____ also includes occasional words
and ideas from the two outside sources you located. ____contains mostly your words and
ideas, with only occasional blending of words and information from the
outside sources. ____ shows clear
evidence of careful editing and revision ____ includes an MLA Works Cited Page
listing the publication facts of the outside sources you used as well as
those of your What Matters in America
article. ____ conforms EXACTLY to MLA guidelines--you may use either MLA 7th or MLA 8th edition.
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