Focus Paper 2: Empire of AI

writing a second 1-page Focus Paper to help us to continue to explore and identify answers to our working research question about AI.

• Our research source for this paper will be Empire of AI: Chapters 3 or 4 and we will be using templates from They Say I Say Chapters 1-3 & 7 to help us to craft our argument.
• No additional sources are needed.
• You may quote or paraphrase from Introduction to College Research if desired, but you are not required to include this text as a research source.

Crafting the Focus Paper

Writing a 1-page Focus Paper requires us to not only focus our analysis on one argument posited in the text, but also to practice writing concisely.

Structure

Former students in this class have found it helpful to think of the one-page Focus Paper as structured like a body paragraph in a research paper with:

• An introductory sentence: providing context for the topic (subject) of your Focus Paper
• A topic sentence in which you state the subject of the paper clearly and make your point about your chosen topic.
• 2-4 supporting sentences in which you clarify your point and provide evidence both from your personal experience and the text: Empire of AI
• A concluding sentence that provides a “statement of findings” as a result of your research (in other words, what did you learn/discover that is helping you to explore/answer your research question).

Templates

In this Focus Paper, we will be putting what we have learned from Chapters 1- 3 & 7 of They Say I Say into practice, including:

• Analyzing and Summarizing the author’s argument
• Integrating research: quotes/paraphrases from Empire of AI into our writing
• including MLA in text citations.
• Using your experience to support and clarify, in concert with the text (Empire of AI) to clarify and support your point.

Please use the templates from Chapters 1- 3 & 7 They Say I Say to structure your writing, to clearly state your position on one of the author’s arguments in Chapter 1, 2 or 3, to integrate research [quote(s)/paraphrase(s)] from your primary source (Empire of AI), and to incorporate your personal experience with AI.

• You must include at least one template in each Focus Paper.
• Type all templates used in bold font.

Focus Paper Topic

To begin your Focus Paper, you will first need to:

• Review your Working Research Question
• Review your chapter summary notes and reflections — Reading Annotation & Reflection assignments for the Author’s Note – Chapter 6.
• Look for Hao’s points/supports, along with your personal reflections, that help you to explore further and even answer aspects of your Working Research Question.
• Review your journal entries and Share-Outs.
• Journals and Share-Outs can help you to identify those topics that are engaging and important to you.
• Choose a topic that fits within the scope of a one-page paper (think: body paragraph of a research paper).

Writing Process

Please demonstrate your use of a writing process that enables you to generate, organize, develop, and communicate your ideas.

Include in your assignment submission your use of the following writing process stages and strategies:

• Use an Invention Strategy to generate ideas and a Planning strategy to organize and order your ideas.
• Write a freewriting draft guided by your invention and plan that allows for your ideas to take shape.
• Revise your draft to further develop your ideas and communicate them as clearly and concisely as possible:
• Ensure your topic sentence has a clear point and your research/personal experience supports this point clearly and concisely.
• Edit your Focus Paper to:
• Format your paper using MLA 9, including heading, margins, and font.
• Remove any obvious spelling, grammar, and/or punctuation errors
• Check all quotes and paraphrases for accuracy and fidelity to the original
• Include MLA in text citations with all quotes and paraphrases
• Complete your paper with an MLA Works Cited page that includes all sources quoted or paraphrased.

Feedback and Grading

I will provide feedback to help you continue to develop:

• your use of writing process to generate, organize, and develop your ideas (25)
• your analysis, summary, and integration of research (10)
• inclusion of one quote/paraphrase from Empire of AI
• your inclusion of personal experience to support your point (10)
• your use of tools — at least one template — to clearly and concisely communicate your ideas (5).