Essay 4 - Are you Convinced?
- Due Jul 26, 2016 by 11:59pm
- Points 30
- Submitting a text entry box, a website url, a media recording, or a file upload
Essay Assignment for Week 4
Focus on Climate Change
Answer the following question in essay format. See the Essay section of the online syllabus for essay success suggestions.
Watch Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth. If available, please be sure to also watch the DVD update with new information since he made the original movie.
If you found the movie convincing - What three things did you find most convinced you that action on global warming is urgently needed? Explain fully. Why was it convincing to you?
If you found the movie unconvincing - What three things showed you that global warming does not require urgent action or any action at all? Explain fully. Why were you unconvinced?
Tie your comments in with the readings of the week and with your own research.
Also - if you have seen the movie before, how was it different this time? Or was it different at all?
You will want to do additional reading/research to answer the essay question and I encourage such activity. You will probably spend about 1 1/2 - 2 hours on the essay (researching and writing draft, review, writing final). The final length should be about 350 - 450 words, not including your citations.
Essays are due by Tuesdays at Midnight.
Rubric
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Think Critically
THOUGHTFUL DISCUSSION – 14 points
* Author has clearly read all of the class materials and thought about the question.
* Rather than stating a collection of opinions, the author ties fact and thought together to create a complete exploration of the issues.
*Author makes explores the topic with appropriate depth, exploring main points
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Use Evidence & Supporting Citations
The author supports the arguments with cited evidence from the text or outside sources.
* The source relates clearly to the authors ideas.
* Author uses quotations wisely, avoiding quotations in excess of one line and preferring use of appropriate summaries and paraphrases.
* The author appropriately cites outside materials and avoids the appearance of plagiarism, including cutting and pasting material off of the internet or from other sources.
* Citations follow a recognized format, including enough information for the instructor to find the cited document if needed.
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Essay Structure and Grammar
* Essays are well constructed, with topic sentences, bodies, and concluding sentences.
* Essays are free of spelling errors.
* Obvious grammatical errors are avoided. It is evident that the author proofread the document
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Format Requirements
* Author submitted assignment on time.
* Author meets essay word requirement of 350 to 450 words (not including the citations)
* It is evident that the author read and followed the assignment directions.
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