French Fries
| WRITING PROJECT 1: Summary and Response
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| Consult CHAPTER 3 of Writing: Ten Core Concepts to develop and complete your project. Below are specific details related to this project to consider as you progress through each core writing concept. | ||||
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For this project, you will summarize and respond to 1 of the CORE READINGS selected by your instructor. Your instructor will have selected a thematic group of at least 3 related core readings for you to read and digest; you can find the core readings in the Resources link in the class, in the Core Readings folder. Read all of the readings in the folder, and then choose ONE reading to write about for this project.
Summarizing and Responding to one of the CORE READINGS involves 3 writing strategies that will demonstrate your critical thinking about the text: 1. Describing the core reading 2. Summarizing the core reading 3. Responding to the core reading See the Learning Activities in Class Session 2 to learn more about these writing strategies. |
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For this first project, your audience will consist of your instructor and other members of the class. To develop a rhetorical context for this project, specifically describe your Audience, Time, Place, and Purpose. Step 2 in CHAPTER 3 provides guidance on each of these. What you write for Step 2 will be your situation analysis, which you will submit as part of your first draft, due in Class Session 2. See Assignment Specifics, below, for information on writing the situation analysis. | ||
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Your medium for this project will be a formal academic manuscript and must meet the guidelines listed below. Instruction on these guidelines can be found in CHAPTERS 24 or 25 of Writing: Ten Core Concepts and at the Purdue OWL website.
· Minimum 600 words for the first draft; minimum 750 words for the final draft; both drafts double-spaced in 12-point Times New Roman font · For both first draft and final draft: Formatted according to either APA or MLA style (as specified by your instructor). · For final draft: Use of correct in-text citations of any ideas or information borrowed from a secondary source, including the core reading. · For final draft: A formal list of all sources (a References list for APA or a Works Cited list for MLA) used, including the core reading you selected, following APA or MLA style guidelines. |
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Many of the questions asked in Step 4 of CHAPTER 3 will be relevant to the Response you develop to the CORE READING you selected, including your development of a Thesis Statement. Keep in mind that your project also needs to include a Summary of that core reading as well as Descriptive information about that reading. | ||
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In this step, you will begin to write a first draft for this project, due in Class Session 2. This draft isn’t complete, though, until you’ve applied ideas you developed in Step 6.
To back up what you say, you will use quotations and paraphrases from the CORE READING you selected, which should be used to emphasize key details in your Summary and validate and support your Response. Use at least 5 quotations and/or paraphrases of the core reading. You may also use additional sources to back up your Response, though this is NOT required. ALL quotations and paraphrases, no matter how many you use, and ALL sources used, must be correctly cited following APA or MLA style guidelines (as specified by your instructor). See CHAPTERS 19 and 23 of Writing: Ten Core Concepts to learn more about incorporating quotations and paraphrases into your written work. |
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As you follow this step to develop your organizational strategy for your composition, also review the Learning Materials in Class Session 2, which provide sample essays and additional information about organizing your Summary and Response draft.
TURN IT IN: After you have applied your organizational strategy to your first draft, you’re ready to submit your situation analysis and first draft in Class Session 2. See Assessment Specifics, below, for information on completing and turning in the first draft and situation analysis. |
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Students will conduct peer response in Class Session 3, where you will find instructions on how to conduct peer response.
After you receive feedback from your peers in class, you will need to review this feedback and develop a strategy for how to apply that feedback to a revision of your first draft. |
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Follow this step to revise your first draft. Keep in mind that your revision of the first draft should incorporate peer response feedback you received from your peers as well as guidance offered in Step 8 of CHAPTER 3.
Along with your final draft, you will submit a cover letter, describing and explaining the feedback you received from your peers and how you revised your first draft based on that feedback and on Step 8. See Assignment Specifics, below, for information on writing the cover letter. |
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In this step, you will think about and make changes to your draft based on language choices: developing your voice, tone, and writing style in the draft. CHAPTER 19 of Writing: Ten Core Concepts offers a number of stylistic considerations. These kinds of changes may also be discussed in your cover letter. | ||
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In this step, you will look for errors in grammar, punctuation, and spelling and correct them. You will also check your in-text citations and formatting for correct APA or MLA style and make any necessary corrections. Lastly, you will use the resources in your textbook and in the Resources area of the class to construct a References page (APA) or Works Cited page (MLA) citing your core reading. Do NOT discuss these kinds of changes in your cover letter.
TURN IT IN: After you applied this step, you’re ready to submit your cover letter and final draft in Class Session 4. See Assessment Specifics, below, for information on completing and turning in the final draft and cover letter. |
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WRITING PROJECT 1: Summary and Response
Assessment Specifics & Grading Rubrics |
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| The following provides specific information for completing and submitting your project assignments – the situation analysis and first draft, due in Class Session 2, and the cover letter and final draft, due in Class Session 4. | ||||||||||||
| FIRST DRAFT – Due in Class Session 2 (15 points) | ||||||||||||
| 1. | Situation Analysis Specifics | · Minimum 150 words (successful analyses are often longer)
· Following Step 2 in CHAPTER 3, analyze and specifically describe your Audience, Time, Place, and Purpose of your draft. · NOTE: Your audience consists of other members of this class and your instructor · Place the situation analysis at the beginning of your first draft, before the first page of your actual composition |
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| 2. | First Draft Specifics | · Summary and Response of ONE of the core readings selected by your instructor
· Clearly developed main point (thesis) stating overall, focused response to the selected core reading · Accurate summarizing and meaningful response, supported with evidence · APA or MLA manuscript style, as specified by your instructor. · Use of at least 5 quotes (words, phrases, or key sentences) and/or paraphrases (key details or ideas rephrased in your own words) · Observation of the conventions of Standard English · 600 words minimum for first draft (the minimum 150 words for the situation analysis is not included in this count) |
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| First Draft Rubric |
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| FINAL DRAFT – Due in Class Session 4 (85 points) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1. | Cover Letter Specifics | · Minimum 150 words (successful cover letters are often longer)
· Address letter to your instructor · Describe and explain feedback you received from your peers and how you revised your first draft based on that feedback · Describe and explain content you have changed to address Step 8 above, improve the composition, and appeal to your audience · Discuss any problems you encountered in your revisions and how you solved them · Place the cover letter at the beginning of your final draft, before the first page of your actual composition; delete the situation analysis |
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| 2. | Final Draft Specifics | · Summary and Response of ONE of the core readings selected by your instructor
· Clearly developed main point (thesis) stating overall, focused response to the selected core reading · Accurate summarizing and meaningful response, supported with evidence · Effective organization using topic sentences and transitions · APA or MLA manuscript style, as specified by your instructor, with in-text citations and a Works Cited or References list. (Works Cited or References list does not count in the minimum word-count requirement) · Use of at least 5 quotes (words, phrases, or key sentences) and/or paraphrases (key details or ideas rephrased in your own words), cited using correct in-text citations · Observation of the conventions of Standard English · 750 words minimum for final draft (the minimum 150 words for the cover letter is not included in this count) |
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| Final Draft Rubric |
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Student’s Name
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French Fries
In Idaho in the county of Bingham, Aberdeen is known as the leading county in growing potatoes. Despite it being a small facility, it is known to have the best locales that convert potatoes to French fries. The Simplot plants operate twenty-four hours a day and three hundred and ten days in a year. It was built in the late 1950’s and operates within the industry’s standards. To drive in to the plant, an individual has to go through a population of 2000 people. It is located towards the north of the main street that is characterized with several shops. It is towards the right of hamburger stand at the Tiger Hut and a quarter mile drive past……………….
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