1.Rough Draft From the Discussion: Brainstorm, you chose some ideas about "escape" and "relaxation," you decided what point you wanted to make with your comparison, and you developed a thesis statement. Now, you will develop a compare and contrast essay. 1.Develop an introduction that features your thesis statement.
2.Use the ideas that you chose about "escape" and "relaxation" and develop supporting paragraphs with topic sentences and supporting details.
3.Develop your conclusion by restating the purpose of comparing and contrasting these two ideas.
4.Check your rough draft for the following basic elements:
- title
- introduction
- thesis statement
- single-topic paragraphs
- transitions
- conclusion
5.Check your rough draft for the following:
- fragments run-on sentences
- subject-verb agreement
- consistent verb tense
- parallel structure in sentences LP8.
1: Annotation Read the essay "What is Intelligence Anyway?" on pages 352 in your textbook. Answer the following:
1. What is the main idea or the author's claim in this essay?
2.What would Asimov's audience say education and intelligence have in common?
3.What would Asimov say is his actual definition of intelligence? 4.What are inferences that you would make about Asimov's examples?
Part 3. LP8.2: PEER REVIEW To complete this Peer Review upload a copy of your essay draft in LP8.
2: Peer Review in the Discussion Board. (Include your name in the subject line.) After you have uploaded your draft to the Discussion Board, your instructor will assign you another student's essay to peer review using the Peer Review Form (below) to complete your review. Your instructor may have further directions/suggestions for you to consider. Peer Evaluation Form Use the following questions to help you complete the revision process. Direct your comments to your partner. Explain your answers as thoroughly as possible to help your partner revise.
THESIS STATEMENT
1.Does the thesis statement contain the essay's controlling idea and an opinion about that idea?
2.Does the thesis appear as the last sentence of the introduction?
BASIC ELEMENTS
3.Does the essay have all the basic elements? Is each one effective?
DEVELOPMENT
4.Does each paragraph support the thesis statement?
5.Does each paragraph contain enough specific details to develop it topic sentence? UNITY
6.Do all the essay's topic sentences relate directly to the thesis statement?
7.Do the details in each paragraph support its topic sentence? O
RGANIZATION
8.Is the essay organized logically?
9.Is each body paragraph organized logically?
COHERENCE
10.Are transitions used effectively so that paragraphs move smoothly and logically from one to the next?
Part 4. LP8.
3: Essay From your brainstorm ideas and your peers' ideas from the Peer Review, write an essay according to the following guidelines:
1. Using third person academic voice, write an essay in which you define motivation and establish categories of human motivators.
2 Decide on your purpose for defining motivation and make this part of your thesis statement.
3.Develop your definition with examples.
4.Divide the topic into categories of human motivators that do not overlap.
5.Clearly explain each category.
6.Use specific examples to support your thesis.
7.Organize your categories logically.
8.Use transitions to move your audience through the essay