PROJECT ONE/ENGLISH 1A/UTSLER/ASSIGNMENT SHEET/Final Draft Due: In Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat, Hal Herzog explains a shift in his career. He first studied animals; he now studies connections between humans and animals. One critic comments that the book “only seems to be about animals. Herzog’s deepest questions are about men, women, and children.”
Choose one of the following options: Option A: Discuss one role of animals in human society. Develop an exemplification essay, featuring description and narration, identifying and illustrating this role for your readers.
Option B: Discuss one lesson readers may learn about humans from considering human encounters with animals. Develop an exemplification essay, featuring description and narration, identifying and illustrating one specific lesson for your readers.
Your essay is expected to feature MLA format and include at least 1,000 words.
SPECIFIC SKILLS/ABILITIES REQUIRED INCLUDE:
Assessing your essay, I will apply the English department criteria, included on the syllabus. In addition, I will consider your essay’s success at demonstrating these skills:
1. Understanding and addressing this assignment appropriately
2. Determining an appropriate tone with consideration of audience(s) and purpose(s)
3. Developing a specific thesis statement, placed at the end of the introduction
4. Developing appropriate topic sentences for the body paragraphs
5. Incorporating uses of appropriate supporting details in body paragraphs
6. Using the genre, exemplification essay
7. Incorporating uses of description, narration, and exemplification
8. Organizing the essay through appropriate use of academic essay elements
9. Developing effective introductory, body, and concluding paragraphs
10. Producing a successful final draft through idea generation, drafting, revising, and editing
TRAPS TO AVOID FOR ALL ESSAY OPTIONS: 1. Developing a general or vague thesis statement 2. Making points without providing adequate supporting evidence 3. Forgetting to use detailed examples in order to show, not only tell 4. Forgetting to incorporate uses of description, narration, and/or exemplification 5. Taking too little time to complete the writing process 6. Including errors in grammar and/or punctuation, interfering with communication of ideas 7. Forgetting to consider attention to context (audience, purpose, tone, genre) 8. Failing to meet the assignment requirements (Remember to consider the essay’s direct and indirect audiences and purposes; the professor crafts assignments specifically and purposefully with attention to English 1A course objectives.) 9. Not incorporating expected aspects of the essay, possibly due to missed course instruction, assignments, activities, and/or readings 10. Not asking questions as needed for successful completion of this assignment