In class today we talked in some detail about different kinds of cause effect relationships, and about how to use discussions of those different relationships to develop a cause-effect essay. (see HTWA pp. 138-143).
For homework: Use the notes and writing you developed for the Practice Analysis 1 assignments to write a complete cause-effect essay. If you want - you can use an entirely new focus (maybe one of the focuses listed on the board in class today). Your essay can be as long/short as you choose => but remember that the purpose is for you to practice and get feedback on analytic writing - before you turn in your graded essay (Project 2). At the top of your essay - write your focus. Turn your essay in as an attachment. The essay should follow the criteria/form we set up at the end of class discussion:
Introduction where you set up your focus (based on the kind of cause-effect analysis you will write about)=> overview of what you will analyze + what your analysis "shows" and/or why it is significant to writing center work
Background (if necessary)a paragraph to give a more detailed overview of the context or set of relationships you will analyze
Body of the analysis: a series of paragraphs where you:
identify a particular cause effect relationship and describe IN DETAIL the causes & effect (be sure to include both descriptive + interpretive statements about the causes + effects)
discuss how this particular cause-effect relationship connects to/shows something about your focus
A conclusion that sums up connections between your analysis + your focus and connects everything back to the importance/significance
In class Tuesday, you will "grade" your essays in terms of the criteria for Project 2 (which are very much like the criteria we developed in class last Thursday and which are listed on the blog for Practice Analytic Assignment 1). You will then turn in your graded essays - and I will also give you a grade (though it will only count as feedback for you - so you know how well you are doing).
Continue to take notes in the writing center, and to bring your tutor observation sheets to class so I can enter them into my gradebook.
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