Anoka-Ramsey Community College -- Coon Rapids Campus
English 0950: Elements of College Writing
Prof. Scott R. Stankey
"Synthesis" Essay
Reading Our New Sources:
Charles Macomb Flandreau Prewriting
Previous Brainstorming for Samuel Scudder
Previous Brainstorming for Kate Boyes
Synthesizing Sources (examples):
1.) "Liberal Arts and an Historical View"
Michael Perry
Jacob Neusner
8th Grade Final Exam
Others?
2.) "Students' First-Year Experiences"
Andrew Hicks
Charles Macomb Flandreau
Patti See
Davina Ruth Begaye Two Bears
Others?
3.) "Students, Their Courses, and Their Professors"
Samuel H. Scudder
Kate Boyes
Jacob Neusner
Patti See
Davina Ruth Begaye Two Bears
Others?
4.) "Other (Non-traditional?) Reasons to Go to College"
Kate Boyes
Jennifer Crichton
Joseph McCabe
Others?
5.) "Other" (create your own)
Find your own
Preparing for the Assignment:
Essay #3 Planning Sheet -- blank
Suggested Structures of an Argument
Information on Summary, Paraphrase, Quotation, and MLA In-Text Documentation
Exercise on Summary, Paraphrase, Quotation, and MLA In-Text Documentation
Exercise on Summary, Paraphrase, Quotation, and MLA In-Text Documentation -- ANSWERS
Information about Works Cited Page Bibliographic Citations -- WE WILL DO THIS IN CLASS
Essay #3 Sample Paragraphs (4)
For Revising:
NOTE: For your second draft, due on __________, you need to have:
(1) ALL your body paragraphs completed.
(2) An introduction paragraph and a conclusion paragraph in rough-draft form.
(3) ALL of your in-text citations done.
(4) ALL of your works cited page citations done.
Bring two (2) copies of your second draft to class on __________.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
More Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
For Editing:
NOTE: For your third draft, due on __________, you need to have:
(1) BOTH your introduction AND your conclusion completed.
(2) ALL your body paragraphs completed.
(3) ALL your in-text citations completed.
(4) ALL your works cited citations completed.
Bring ONE (1) copy of your third draft to class on __________.