E-sports a global social threat. Social Sciences essay

Basics:    

• Write a 2000 word argumentative essay
• on a pre-approved topic,
• using a minimum of four sources which you have found through Search@UW or EbscoHost. 
• ONE of those four sources must be scholarly/peer reviewed.

How much are they worth?  15 % of your final grade / 270 points.

Will it have to be revised?  You have the option of revising one essay assignment at the end of the semester (and I’ll average those grades together). Essay 2 and 3 are both eligible for that revision.

How to get started:

• Follow the topic approval process CLOSELY.
• Read at least one of your sources and start summarizing it.
• Recycle (if possible) some of what you wrote in topic proposal.
• Just start writing—what is the situation? Why is it a problem? Where is there disagreement? What do your sources say about it? What experience or observations do you have about it?

What should you do if you get stuck? Email Marnie or stop by or ask in class.

Next Steps:

• Post rough draft in the drop box (Canvas>Assignments>Essays>Essay 2 or Essay 3) according to instructions.
• Do lots of skill checks related to your sources.
• Other deadlines?

Basics:             Write two 2000 word argumentative essays on pre-approved topics.  Worth 270 points/15% of final grade.

The Writing Task:         

• Get a topic approved in the topic approval process. 
• Use ample support, including at least FOUR credible secondary sources.
• You must meet the minimum with sources in English from EbscoHost or other UW Platteville databases.
• At least one of the secondary sources must be from a peer-reviewed academic journal from EbscoHost or other UW Platteville databases.
• You may use more than four sources; ALL sources must be considered credible from an academic standpoint.
• All sources must be in English unless you get prior approval from me.
• All sources must be included in the assignment drop box either as a link, a scan, or a pdf.
• Incorporate secondary sources smoothly into your essay. 
• Document carefully.
• Use rhetorical analysis to advance your thesis.
• Be sure your argument meets the criteria for a good argument.

Your role and audience: For most of you, this can still be a standard academic assignment.  Your role is as a student-writer and your audience is your professor and other students.  For others, you may want to consider broadening your audience.  For example, one of the options is to use a paper you are currently working on for another class (see cautions below).  In that case, the audience includes two professors.  Also consider an audience outside academia.  For example, I had a student once write on symptoms of Agent Orange, and her audience was the V.A. hospital where her father had been denied treatment.

Format: See MLA Essay Format link on Canvas or Google it.

Process & Deadlines:

Do Skill Checks using these new sources/topics.

Criteria for Evaluation:    Rubric will be posted soon; it’s similar to the one for Essay 1.

See schedule for specific deadlines.

NOTE: When you turn in the final draft of the essay, you need to turn in, as always, a Works Cited page using MLA guidelines.

The next requirement is separate from a Works Cited page.  It’s different. It’s not the same thing.

I want to be able to look at all your sources as I’m grading.  So you need to post in the D2L Drop Box, with your final draft, one or more of the following:

×           If your source was a pdf, POST IT AS A PDF in the Drop Box.

×           If your source was an html document, POST IT AS AN HTML DOCUMENT in the Drop Box.

×           If your source was a book or a hard copy of a magazine or journal, scan it or take a picture of it AND POST THAT in the drop box.

×           If your source was a web page, copy the URL into

Instructions for Self-Assessment:  (Include after Works Cited & use this one ALL semester unless I provide other instructions)

How did you use the feedback (from me, from other students, etc.) to improve your writing for this assignment?

Specifically, what is an example of feedback I gave you as a comment in a previous assignment? (Provide screencap or describe feedback—I’m asking for proof that you are actually finding and reading my feedback.)

What was one of your main goals for this assignment? How well do you think you met your goal?

In general, what are you pleased with or displeased with in terms of the work you did for this assignment?

Is there anything else you need to tell me?  Such as

Are you turning this essay in late?  If so, tell me why (so I can decide if it’s late w/out a penalty or with a penalty—see syllabus for guidelines on how I decide that).

Or anything else you think I need to know.

Checklist for assignments: This isn’t a substitute for the rest of this assignment sheet or the rubric; these are just things students sometimes forget or mess up.

LOGISTICS:

• Rough Draft: bring one to class AND post it in Drop Box.
• Final Draft: post it in drop box on time.
• Format: Format is in textbook. Or you can Google “format for MLA paper.” Also:  needs to be .docx or .doc   
• Self-Assessment: Instructions above. Include it after Works Cited page.

ESSAY CONTENT:

• Works Cited page: We will have covered this in class. Did you include one? Is it a new page after your conclusion? Is it in the same document as the essay itself? Does it follow the recommended format?
• Did you meet the assignment?  Review page one of the assignment sheet.
• Thesis statement:  Do you have one? In the rubric, I ask you to underline it, so do that.  This is to make sure that, not only do you have one, you know which sentence it is.  (This isn’t something you need to do in other academic papers—it’s just an ENG 102 requirement for this section).