Please make sure you will have the Smith and Bradford reading completed for Friday. See previous post for details.
Antithesis/Thesis Practice Writing Assignment
Your first writing assignment is due Monday, 9/19.
Step 1: Select a topic of your choice that you would like to write practice antithesis/thesis paragraphs with. You might consider something from:
Music
Movies
Politics/Policy
Food
Hobbies, Sports, activities
(Anything else that interests you—if you’re unsure about your topic, check with me first)
Note: Sometimes topics like "hamburgers are better than pizza" can be a challenge because people struggle to adequately explain their supports. In that way, a topic with more substance might prove easier. However, if you can elaborate on why hamburgers are better than pizza with sufficient detail, then that topic would be acceptable.
Step 2: Following the guidelines in the “Musings” packet, write an Antithesis/Thesis statement with 2 POA points. Remember to focus on the concept of opposing, not just opposite. (Note that you’re not writing an entire introduction, just the antithesis/thesis).
Step 3: Write a corresponding antithesis paragraph. Make sure to remember your qualifying transition. You should have 3 pieces of evidence to support your antithesis paragraph and use standard paragraph format, which means you should adequately explain each example and have a summary sentence in your paragraph.
Step 4: Write a corresponding thesis paragraph. Make sure to use an appropriate contrasting transition word that acknowledges your antithesis, and clearly state your thesis and POA point for that paragraph. You should have 3 pieces of evidence and use standard paragraph format.
We are not writing a second thesis paragraph.
We are not writing a conclusion
Step 5: Proof read your paragraphs, checking for conventions errors and appropriate transitions and making sure that you match the structure given to you in the packet.
Other information:
I will post scoring guide information about this assignment after we have discussed it in class.
On average, these papers are about 1 1/2 pages, typed and double spaced. If your final paper does not involve a staple, it may be an indication that you did not provide sufficient elaboration of evidence for your supports.
