English Question

“The purpose of the expository essay is to explain a topic in a logical and straightforward manner. Without bells and whistles, expository essays present a fair and balanced analysis of a subject based on facts with no references to the writer’s opinions or emotions.” – OWL Purdue

Outcomes/Rubrics to be Assessed by the Assignment

Communication
Critical Thinking
Personal Responsibility

Assignment Description

Write an essay of (2.5 3 pages) that examines an important, well researched and well discussed debate in your field. This must be an arguable topic, which means it is a pro/con debate and not merely something that you educate the audience on. For example, in my field, the ethics of using AI to help students write is widely debated. If you aren’t sure what is being debated in your field, go to the library academic databases or Google Scholar research articles.

The essay must do the following:

Provide background information (events, important persons, controversies, and ethical complexities) so that an uninformed reader may understand the context of the issue/topic and your approach to it.
Indicate clearly the purpose of the paper to persuade a reader that you have taken a sensible position on an issue.
Include a clearly stated thesis sentence.
Support the thesis with clearly relevant content in the paper paragraphs so that each includes more than one supporting idea and several specific examples and illustrations.
Integrate relevant reference materials as summary, paraphrase, or quotations and include your interpretations of these references to demonstrate their relevance to the topic.
Attribute and document accurately all information from sources.
Draw an informed conclusion based on the reading, your sources, and, if appropriate, your own experience.
Include correct internal and ending reference information following MLA format requirements.

Proofread your essay to identify and correct major grammar problems like sentence fragments, run-on sentences, comma splices, etc.

Complete this essay in several stages and submit the work for each of those stages at posted deadlines.

Reflection:

When your essay is complete and ready to submit, write a 250+ word reflection addressing how your position and writing skills have grown over the course of doing your assignment, how you dealt with challenging concepts, and what you can do to further your knowledge in the future. Add this reflection as a separate page at the end of your essay and submit both documents as one assignment. Click Here for the directions:

Formatting and Research Requirements

2.5-page min (not including works cited page and reflection)
5 par format essay is required (clear intro, body and conclusion – a par. has 5 sentences minimum.)
12pt font, times new roman, standard margins
must follow MLA format
Unique title
No personal pronouns (I, you, us, one, we, one and our)
A thesis statement should be present as the last sentence of the introduction so that it may be identified. Reference the thesis PowerPoint if you need a refresher on this topic.

Research Requirements

You must use 3 sources min that are based on fact; such as library books, databases, and academic journals. These cannot both discuss the same information.
In-text citations are required in all essays. An essay lacking a works cited or in-text citations is considered academic dishonesty.
Citations should not be the bulk of your paper, no more than 20%. You MUST use all three sources in your essay and no other sources are allowed.
Definitions of terms, disorders, ect should be cited, but these will not be counted as a source.

I would like to write an essay about teacher and teaching bias, and this is one of the sources I found but it you can find your own sources to complete the assignment.

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Requirements: 2.5 page

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