Turn in a page TYPED with the following:
1. The Topic you intend to do your Argumentative Research Paper on - having cleared it with me. Email me if we haven't talked about it.
2. Your tentative "thesis" - the point of view you intend to argue in the paper
3. A list of 4-5 sources you have found to use including one that argues a point of view COUNTER to yours.
4. A TENTATIVE outline that should follow this general pattern - you can make changes as you do research and think it through:
a. General background (big-picture) on the topic
b. Your thesis (the focused argument you will make on some smaller part of the larger topic)
c. Points you will try to make - paragraph by paragraph
d. Best counter-argument made to your argument and why you find it unconvincing
e. Restatement of your argument and conclusion
PLEASE get these things done because after next class, the research paper will fall into the background a little. There will be other assignments and things to study. You will need to continue to work on this ALONG WITH all this other stuff. The draft of the research paper will be due OCTOBER 27th. You can ask me questions anytime about the work you are doing, about problems you may be having, but the deadline must be kept.
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