Essay #1 is a 1000 – 1200 word essay, typed, double-spaced, using Times New Roman. Choose one of the articles from May 25 through June 7. There are four; just choose one. Come up with your own topic relating to the article and write your essay. Use two quotes from one article, citing correctly. You will use the full name of the author and the full title of the article the first time you use a quote. The second quote will only need the author’s last name. For examples, In the article “Why I Don’t Spare ‘Spare Change'” Emily Andrews writes, “Quote.” For the second quote only use the author’s last name: Andrews says, “Quote.”
You can get your topics from the Reading Responses and Discussions and use anything you have written there, but make it a cohesive and coherent essay. An essay is your thoughts, ideas, examples, stories, potential problems, and potential solutions. Just write, proofread, and polish. You can start the essay with a mini story/example and then explain your topic/thesis or start the traditional way with your thesis in the first paragraph. The articles in the book do not follow a traditional essay format, and you do not need to for the essays in this class. I will know your thesis if you stay focused and follow through. Your personal experience or that of someone you know is the best writing material you have.
Please view the “Academic College Writing – To Do and Not To Do” document in the Files.
Do Not Repeat the Article or Critique it. Rather, come up with your own topic and express your thoughts, ideas, examples, and stories. This is developing your own voice as a writer, just like the writers in our book have done. They are expressing their views.
I chose to write about the following article. “The Genetically Engineered Salmon Is a Boon for Consumers and Sustainability” Nina Fedoroff
