WRIT101 Brownson, Fall, 2009

Date: Tuesday, October 13, 2009, in class

Length: 850-1000 words, including introductory paragraph and EXCLUSIVE of Works Cited page.

Assignment: Using the materials in Chapter 12 of WRAC as well as your one outside source, and handling them correctly according to CUBI, write an explanatory synthesis that clarifies for readers less knowledgeable than you the complex reactions scholars and writers from various disciplines have to "Cinderella." You will write your essay in class in a blue book. You will also show me your blue book before we begin as well as hand in your introductory paragraph, outline, copies of outside source page(s) from which you borrowed material, and your Works Cited page with your essay.

Sources: You are required to use at least FOUR sources to be allocated in the following way. You are required to use at least 3 of the ESSAYS (not the "Cinderella" variants) from Ch. 12 of WRAC. You are also required to use at least ONE outside article from a scholarly journal. You are not required to use any of the variants, but you may use as many of them as you feel are necessary.

Preparation: Purchase a blue book at the Bookworm, make a copy of the page or pages from the scholarly journal from which you borrowed your material, and write an introductory paragraph including a thesis statement, a detailed outline, and a Works Cited page before Oct. 13 and bring these materials with you to class.

However, you may not write the entire essay beforehand and merely copy it into your blue book. You must write the essay in class.

1. Take advantage of your two-week preparation time.

2. Much of your preparation will be in deciding HOW to present this material to your readers, that is, in formulating your thesis statement. What is your purpose in this explanatory synthesis? What controlling idea is most important for your readers to know? Students can respond to these questions in several ways, and each of the students would be handling the assignment appropriately.

3. Remember to organize your essay according to IDEAS, not according to source.

4. Remember that your attitude toward your material is OBJECTIVE, rather than subjective.

5. Be sure that you handle all sources correctly, according to CUBI.

6. Prepare your Works Cited page before class.

7. Be very careful to fulfill the basic requirements of the assignment. Essays that do not meet length and/or source requirements will earn failing grades.

8. Review the Writing/English Rubric for evaluation standards.

9. Because this assignment is an in-class writing, there will be no opportunity for revision.

10. This assignment is worth 15% of your final grade.