Did the judicial system provide accountability for Charles’s actions in Accountable?
Write an organized, detailed seven-paragraph essay, with a clear thesis statement (your concrete answer to the question in the prompt), along with five body paragraphs that provide focused main points to support your thesis, and a conclusion that restates your thesis and summarizes your essay.
You must refer to Accountable as your main point of reference in this essay. That means that you are responding to Slater’s reporting about what happened specifically to Charles through the judicial system, specifically. In your essay, you may consider questions such as, but not included to: What is accountability? What is punishment? What is justice?
You MUST use outside sources in this essay as well. This is an argument essay — in which you are supporting your thesis. This is also a research essay — in that you will use four outside resources to support your argument. That means that you must use MLA format when you paraphrase and/or use direct quotes throughout the essay.
You must also include a Works Cited at the end of your essay, which includes Accountable as well as your four outside resources. Your outside resources may be any of the following:
Possible sources to consider… you can use any combination of four of these:
films/ documentaries
TED Talks
interviews with the author or related experts
government sources such as reports or laws
nongovernmental sources—called NGOs–for reports, research, blog posts
academic sources, such as essays, dissertation abstracts, journal articles
conference reports
newspaper and magazine articles
blog posts by experts in the related area(s) of your books, such as racism, social media and mental health, and so forth
people in your life you could interview
your own personal experiences related to the topic
GENERAL INFO:
NOTE: For each essay in this course, you must submit an opening “preamble” that is no longer than 6 sentences, in which you document that has the following information—without this preamble, your essay will not be graded–indicate (1) what tutoring you used, (2) which AI tools you used, and (3) offer a self-reflection and self-grade.
Tutoring: In 2-3 sentences, state: When and what tutoring did you use?
AI tools: In 2-3 sentences, state: Which AI tools did you use, if any (it is ok if you didn’t use any AI tools)? How did you use them, and how did they improve your work and process?
Self-reflection and grade: In 2-3 sentences, what do you think are the strengths and weaknesses of this written assignment and what grade would you give yourself?
