below is a copy of the out of class essay assignment #3, distributed and explained in class yesterday.
Have a wonderful and safe weekend.
English 5, Fall 2014
C. Fraga, Instructor
Course Theme: The Significance of
Home
Out of Class Essay Assignment #3
Assigned: Wednesday, Nov. 12
Optional RD due: no later than
Wednesday, 11/26, via email, by midnight
Final Draft due: Wednesday,
Dec. 3
TOPIC: What are the best ‘ingredients’
for a successful marriage?
A
successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same
person. (Mignon Mclaughlin)
Marriage
is not just spiritual communion, it is also remembering to take out the trash.
(Joyce Brothers)
To keep
your marriage brimming,
With love in the loving cup,
Whenever you're wrong
admit it;
Whenever you're right shut up. (Ogden Nash)
Assignment: Even with the current high
divorce rate in the United States, couples continue to choose marriage as a way
of life. Most couples marry with the intention and confidence that their
marriage will be successful and will last forever.
Write an essay in which you explore
the ingredients (or elements) required for a marriage to be successful and long
lasting. Focus on a minimum of four
ingredients/elements.
Conduct research and talk/interview
those who you feel might have some helpful, interesting and relevant opinions
and experience with this topic.
The most important thing to
remember about this essay is that you will need to be very SPECIFIC. Avoid rambling and using mostly vague terms. Your
essay will benefit from specific examples from professionals as well as interviewees.
Suggestions for people to
interview: your parents; your grandparents; relatives; siblings; teachers;
neighbors; marriage counselors; family friends, etc.
Information/opinions about what
constitutes a successful marriage is quite simple to locate. I spent only 20
minutes doing a cursory search on the Internet and found many intriguing
articles.
Your Game Plan:
1. Research and read read read as
much as you can about the topic.
2. Interview at least three people
about this topic.
3. From your research, reading and
interviews, select the four elements YOU feel are the MOST ideal and necessary
ingredients for a successful, lasting marriage.
4. Write your thesis statement—an
assertion based on your findings. UNDERLINE YOUR THESIS STATEMENT.
5. Plan the organization of your
essay.
6. Write your essay.
7. Proofread and edit very
carefully and thoroughly.
Reminders:
• Follow MLA format.
• Double space entire essay; 12
point font
• Must have in text citations and a
Works Cited page.
• Use at LEAST three outside
resources and information
from at least three interviews. In other words, these six minimum resources
will be found on your Works Cited page as well as cited within your essay. (AT
LEAST TWO OF THE THREE MINIMUM OUTSIDE SOURCES MUST BE FROM PROFESSIONAL OR
ACADEMIC JOURNALS OR BOOKS).
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