Cause and Effect Rough Draft Write Day

1. Cause and Effect Rough Draft Write Day Objectives: • To write a paper that does the following: • Ideas and Content: The paper contains an insightful and/or sophisticated thesis that fully addresses the prompt and is fully supported by relevant, accurate and specific evidence from appropriate sources. The writer always explains how evidence communicates what it does and justifies inclusion. • Organization: The paper follows a clear and logical train of thought set by the thesis. The paper’s introduction and conclusion are effective and the writer always uses topic sentences and effective transitions to reflect either a point-by-point or block organization. • Style: Tone, voice, and point of view are always appropriate to the audience and purpose. Diction and sentence fluency are excellent throughout and the paper is rich in accurate and specific words choices. • Conventions/Presentation: The writer uses perfect citation format, grammar, spelling, punctuation, fonts, and layout.

2. Agenda • You have 60 mins to write your essay • Review the rubric first so you are clear on what is expected • Use all of the information that you researched and be sure to cite your sources • At the end of 60 mins, you will be exchanging your paper with another student • You will then have the rest of the class period to edit their paper (don’t simply change spelling and grammar actually edit the paper based on the RUBRIC) • The final paper is due to turnitin.com by 7:00am Tomorrow morning