Assignments

EN1250 Project 4 | Research Paper

Overview and Project Objectives 

  • Length: 7-8 pages 
  • Project Due Date: Thursday 8 May, 1:00pm.

Overview | For your fourth assignment in this course, you will develop an argument-based research project on some issue related to an area of your academic knowledge or interest (or both). This means that you will have to think about your knowledge and interests in disciplined academic ways in order to succeed. Follow this link for more information

EN1250 | Project 3 Annotated Bibliography and Proposal 

Overview | Create both an annotated bibliography and research proposal for your project 4 research paper. 

Projected Due Date | 11 April 2025

    Annotated Bibliography | For the annotated bibliography, please synthesize and critically reflect on at least 5-7 relevant sources that you are planning on using for your research paper. (Note: More than 7 sources may help you write a more complete paper, if all the sources are relevant). In the first assignment, you began using research to inform your writing. Now, you will build upon those foundational research skills to build a unique argument using what others have said before you. Follow this link for more information

    ED1250 Project Two | What Do You Have to Say? 

    Overview and Project Objectives 

    • Length: 4-5 pages 
    • Projected Due Date: 11 March 2025
    • Purpose 

    The purpose of the semester’s second major project essay is to build on the summary you wrote for the first assignment through conducting some minor research and incorporating that research into your writing. In so doing, you will choose one of the essays we’ll read for this section, conduct some library research, and write a well-developed, 4-5 page paper that makes an argument about an issue and supports it with evidence from your reading and your research. Follow this link for more information

    ED1250 Project One | Reading and Responding to Others’ Ideas 

    • Assignment 1 | Reading and Responding to Others’ Ideas 
    • Length | 3-4 pages 
    • Due Date | END OF WEEK 4, 7 February 2025

    Purpose |  In this paper, you will analyze an argument, locating and describing its essential elements. “Analysis” involves breaking something down into its parts. When writing this assignment, you will learn how to work with two essential elements of argument: claims and evidence.   Follow this link for more information

    Journaling |

    Your journal is a writing space to reflect upon and explore course readings, content discussed in class, and more. The intention of this journaling assignment is to help you reflect and further your thinking as you address issues in academic writing with the intention of connecting them to your lived experiences as an emergent writer and contributing member of our society.  Follow this link for more information

    Feedback |

    As your peers read your draft essay, write down at least two questions you have about your text. After your peers have finished reading your paper, ask them the three questions listed below and write down their answers. Keep in mind the requirements listed on the assignment sheet, and make sure to ask for clarification if you need it. Follow this link for more information