WRIT 1301 University Writing Patricia Fillipi Value: 300 points (30%) Due dates: 1st draft March 18 2nd draft March 22-26 3rd draft April 1 Final April 13 The Inquiry Project After writing your Annotations and doing preliminary research on a historical event, you’re now ready to share your expertise with others in the form of an extended written project. General directions Research and analyze the pivotal historic event of your choice and use that information to make a claim for what YOU believe. Your claim will state the impact of this event on our society, our culture, our economy, our politics, our relations with the international community, etc. In other words, how (in what ways) did this event in U.S. history influence, shape, mold, or change us? This claim (thesis), which will grow out of your personal opinions, beliefs, and research, will be supported and developed with evidence. Format: Use Your Imagination! Your Inquiry Project may take the form of a traditional academic paper, a mini-book with chapters, a mini-newspaper with columned articles, or any hybrid which you feel will help you best showcase your research and writing. You may embed created diary or journal entries within your text, adopt the persona of a real or created character and write from her/his point of view, or use story-within-a-story or flashback techniques. Graphics, figures, photographs, and illustrations may be used to enhance your writing. Your Inquiry Project, whichever genre you choose to use, should incorporate the following elements: • • • • Introduction (overview, context, claim/thesis) Body (supporting and developing your claim with multiple academic resources) Conclusion Works Cited page(s) Purpose You are the expert. Your goal is to persuade and convince your readers to share your opinion about the impact of this historical event on the U.S. and on its citizens. (OVER) WRIT 1301 University Writing Patricia Fillipi Value: 300 points (30%) Due dates: 1st draft March 18 2nd draft March 22-26 3rd draft April 1 Final April 13 Audience Your classmates in our 1301 writing class are your readers and audience. The key question to ask yourself in composing any persuasive argument is a question about your audience: “What beliefs about the world do I share with my audience that will make it possible for them to accept what I have to say?” The writer and the audience must hold some beliefs in common—even if they do not hold such beliefs for the same reasons. You must at all times show respect for the views of your readers to avoid alienating them, and you must create the impression that you are interested in the truth rather than in imposing your views on those who disagree with you; any display of bad temper or intolerance will defeat your purpose. Criteria for evaluation • Use a minimum of six (6) reliable and reputable sources to provide credible evidence to support your thesis/claim. Use a mix of primary and secondary sources from academic or scholarly journals, newspapers, magazines, books, and documents from the Web. • Use MLA style for citing sources within the text (parenthetical citations) and on the Works Cited page. • Required length is 10 pages, minimum, of text. The Works Cited page(s) does not count as a page(s) of text. • All mandatory activities in the writing process, i.e., prewriting, peers’ comments on drafts, conference comments on drafts, must be completed. Missing required steps or activities = 3% deduction for each item missed. Late work is marked down 10% each day late. No work will be accepted one week past the due date. • This Inquiry Project must be comprised of your original writing and research; that is, you may not use papers or parts of papers written for other courses or in high school. You may, however, use sections from any writing done in our class. Rev. 1/6/2021 (OVER)
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