Professor Batty English 101 Progression C Essay Prompt

Progression C
Argument Essay/Website: Agents of Socialization
As we have seen this semester, the core social institutions (family, government, economy,
eucation, an religion! hel" to sha"e one#s ientity in a variety of ways$ %or this "rogression we
will e&ten this iea of social institutions more broaly to inclue all agents that contribute to the
"rocess of socialization an ientity formation$ 'hus, we we will inclue meia into our iscussion,
reaing several te&ts that interrogate how the meia sha"es us an how we also sha"e the meia$
%or this "rogression you will nee to choose any agent of socialization an argue a s"ecific "oint
about this to"ic$ %or e&am"le, one of the te&t#s we will rea iscusses the effects of contem"orary
'( on the cognitive functioning of viewers$ While some argue that '( ma)es us less intelligent,
*ohnson argues that moern '( shows ma)e us more critical thin)ers$
'here are enless "ossible arguments that you coul choose, so fin an issue about which you
woul li)e to write an o research$ %or e&am"le, you coul write about the role of fathers in
raising chilren, +uestionable government s"ening, "ublic schools versus "rivate schools,
bullying, effects of avertising on one#s boy image, creit car ebt, etc$
,ather than write a traitional essay, you will com"ose a website using weebly$com$ 'he "ur"ose
of this website will be to convince viewers of your argument$ -ou will be e&"ecte to write as
much as you woul in an e&"ository essay, but your content will nee to be organize in a way that
is a""ro"riate for the genre of websites$
Assignment .C: Pro"osal
-ou must ecie u"on one issue having to o with your chosen social institution$ State what your
to"ic is an your stance on this to"ic$ /n your "ro"osal, com"ose one0two "aragra"hs that e&"lain
the following: What is the ongoing conversation/what are the ifferent sies to the argument1
What is your o"inion about this issue, an why1 'y"e 23A format, 455 wors$
Assignment 4C: Annotate 6ibliogra"hy
%or this assignment you will nee to create an annotate bibliogra"hy$ -ou will be "rovie with a
sam"le$ %or each source, you will nee to inclue: bibliogra"hic information for the source,
summary of source (75 wors/entry!, evaluation of source (75 wors/entry!, an a escri"tion of
how you will use source (75 wors/entry!$ -ou shoul inclue three or more sources, .75 wors
for each source$ 'y"e 23A format$
Professor Batty English 101 Progression C Essay Prompt
Assignment 8C: Sentence 9utline
'he "ur"ose of this assignment is for you to begin brainstorming an organizing your ieas$ Please
use roman numerals (/, //, ///, etc$! to inicate "aragra"hs, an letters (A, 6, C, etc$! to inicate
su""orting ieas, +uotes, etc$ -our introuction shoul contain your thesis statement$ -our
sentences o not nee to be very long, nor o they nee to be wore very elo+uently, but they o
nee to be complete sentences so that / can unerstan what "oints you are trying to ma)e$ 'his
shoul be a fully com"lete outline with evelo"e ieas an "aragra"hs$ /t is a goo iea to
inclue +uotes in this outline, so that you will )now which +uotes to inclue an where in your
final essay$ 'his will save you time later because you will alreay have the s)eleton of your essay in
"lace$ 'he outline will also hel" you to organize your ieas$ 9utline shoul be a""ro&imately one
"age in length, ty"e, 23A format$
Essay/Website C
Create a website using weebly.com (or an approved equivalent website template) that makes
an argument about a specific social institution of your choosing. -ou must e&"lain all sies of
this argument in orer to establish the conversation that you are entering$
Research: -our website must inclue creible library resources$ -ou will inclue at least 2 articles
from a library atabase or cha"ter from an acaemic boo)$ /f you use websites, be sure to evaluate
them for creibility$
ebsite Criteria:
1. -ou !"#$ inclue a progression packet (that you will turn in in "erson! that inclues all
three "reliminary assignments$ %ou cannot earn higher than a & on the essay if you do
not include all three assignments in your packet.
4$ 'o"ic Selection: 'he stuent has selecte one s"ecific to"ic that can be iscusse in etail$
8$ 'itle: 'he title of your website (an subheaings! shoul be both creative an informative$
:$ 'hesis: 'he website ma)es a clear, s"ecific, an ebatable argument$ 'he thesis shoul
a""ear on the home "age of your site$
5. ;evelo"ment/Su""ort: /eas are fully evelo"e$ Writer uses at least 2 credible sources as
su""ort$ Com"oser inclues any aitional relevant meia, incluing images,
lin)s/hy"erte&t, etc$
<$ Persuasiveness: 'he argument is reasonable an "otentially convincing to the reaer$
=$ Content: 'he website shows that the writer clearly unerstans his/her to"ic an can
e&"lain it to an intelligent but uninforme auience$ Writer inclues counterargument(s!$
'he website stays on to"ic throughout an thoroughly e&"lains all multimeia sources$
>$ 9rganization: 'he ieas a""ear in a logical orer$ 'he website has been bro)en u" into
clearly se"arate sections using tabs, an the writer e&"lains how each section of the website
is relate to the thesis$ ;o not ?ust co"y an "aste or u"loa an entire essay onto a website$
@$ S"elling/Arammar/2echanics: 'he website is virtually free of s"elling, grammar, or
mechanical errors$
10. 3ength: 'he website inclues .8550.=55 wors of te&t (e+uivalent to :07 "ages! ebsites
less than '()) words will not earn a grade higher than a &.
Professor Batty English 101 Progression C Essay Prompt
..$ 23A Citation: 'he website uses 23A style citation for +uotes, "ara"hrases, summaries, an
inclues one or more Wor)s Cite sections$