Semester Project – PRJE Critique #1 Instructions
Purpose
In our course, you are learning a variety of strategies for enhancing your reading, research, argumentation, analysis, and writing strategies and techniques to develop your essays. You will participate in a peer review with your classmates to gain feedback on your draft ideas. Your PRJE Critique #1 reflects the fundamentals you have learned and your ability to organize your ideas to support a clear and convincing argument for your essay assignment. Argumentation is a process of engaging our creativity and imagination, understanding how our own perspectives and experiences influence our writing, and learning how to recognize our biases to develop minimally subjective and convincing written arguments for diverse readers. As part of our writing process, this first essay assignment will necessitate a comparison/contrast between two different PRJE articles on your Semester Project topic.
Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this assignment, you will have completed the following Learning Objectives:
apply active reading strategies to identify key concepts and analyze an academic reading
identify and define your topic for your semester project
apply process writing techniques to develop a clearly structured and organized essay
learn how to write a clear and convincing thesis
use the Sierra College online databases to research academic sources for your project
evaluate, integrate and synthesize academic sources to support your thesis
write with intention, focusing on your purpose and intended audience for your writing
apply MLA formatting and citations in your writing
collaborate with your peers by sharing ideas and providing supportive feedback on your essay draft
Student Learning Outcomes:
Completion of the PRJE Critique #1 assignment brings you closer to meeting our Course Level Outcomes for the semester:
Demonstrate logical and analytic strategies to interpret texts.
Construct focused, developed and organized essays that exhibit research analysis, and critical thinking skills.
Develop MLA research skills to find, evaluate, and utilize appropriate sources.
Assignment Instructions:
Include the following content in your PRJE Critique #1:
Original title
Introduction to your semester project topic and research question
Introduction to the two PRJE articles you will compare/contrast
Clear, Convincing Thesis (central topic, purpose for writing about it, and main aspects analyzed in your research)
Body paragraphs describing at least one main idea that connects directly to your thesis
Integration and synthesis of evidence from PRJE article(s) to help support your main ideas
Effective evaluation of the two PRJE articles – include identification of the author’s rhetorical strategies and reasoning (e.g., inductive, deductive)
A clear Conclusion that recaps your argument and what you were able to prove in your essay development
Revisions to essay draft from Peer Review Workshop
Final edits to draft for submission
Properly formatted essay draft following MLA formatting
Properly formatted Works Cited page following MLA guidelines
Final draft is 2 pages min.
Upload your PRJE Critique #1 to our Canvas assignment link by 04/27.
Grading:
Scores will be based upon successful achievement of grading rubric criterion. Review the “PRJE Critique #1 Rubric
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Tips For Success:
Review process writing Module pages (e.g., Intro, Thesis, Body Paragraphs, Argument Development)
Review MLA formatting and citation guidelines
Review feedback received from our Peer Review Workshop
Attach your Works Cited as the last page of your essay
After submitting your PRJE Critique #1 draft, you can review the Turn-It-In Report on Canvas, make corrections to citation errors, and resubmit your draft for grading
Submit your screenshot of your Tutoring Appointment & feedback to receive extra credit on the assignment
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