Step 1: Choose one of the following topics.
1. Should the government ban cigarettes?
2. Should students and teachers be Facebook Friends?
3. Should public schools be segregated by gender?
4. Should couples live together before marriage?
5. Should the GRE (or an equivalent standardized test) not be required for admission to graduate school?
Step 2: Write a list of the pros and the cons (or the reasons why and why not) for your issue.
Step 3: Choose a position.
Step 4: Draft your thesis statement.
Step 5: Prepare your outline (which should be based on your list from step 2).
Step 6: Show me your outline by Friday. Your outline must be approved before writing your first draft.
Step 7: Write your first draft according to the guidelines in the book.
Step 8: Get your first draft peer edited (the partner list is below).
Step 9: Turn in your final draft no later than Tuesday 5 p.m. Papers turned in after that time will lose 10 points off the top. This paper is critical for your final grade.
Partners:
Tai and Catherine
Nour, Saad, and Lissi (3-way)
Ender and Mohammed
Nouf and Jennifer
Enrique and Ahmed Alraddadi
Dhuhayan and Cheetah
Ali and Ahmed Sanba
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