Assignment
Using the Essay One Template, write an essay explaining an example of changing your own mind. You can pick any topic you wish (you can even make it up, I will never know!).
This template builds directly on the one we used last week to outline Salzberg’s metacognitive process. Using this template automatically (1) creates your argument’s structure. It also (2) ensures that you are writing statements. Finally, it (3) logically organizes your metacognitive thinking process.
Drafting Your Essay
Download the 1C Essay One Template.docx into a Google or Word doc to get started. This is the basic argument outline for title, and body paragraphs. Since this is the first essay of the semester it is (1) short! and (2) only 50 points!
Yes, this essay is only two paragraphs and will be 1 to 1-1/2 pages when completed.
Because you are using the template, you do not have to worry about “how” to write this essay, but rather how to explain your ideas as clearly as possible. Focus on using the templates to clearly state your ideas.
Because you are using the template, you do not have to worry about “how” to write statements, but rather how to explain your ideas as clearly as possible. Using the templates automatically means that you are writing statements!
You should also use the additional templates listed in 1C Essay One Template.docx (from TSIS Chapter 10) to explain your ideas as clearly as possible by adding additional explanations and/or examples. The more you can use the additional templates/statements to explain your thinking, the better your essay will be. Why? Because in academic writing, it is the depth and complexity of critical thought that determines the ultimate success of any argument. The complexity comes from statements explaining your critical thinking.
Remember that you are writing an academic argument. Be sure to consult the rubric below as you write your essay. Notice that it is organized following the principles of academic writing in What is Academic Writing? If you are wondering what I am looking for in your essay, the answer is there!
Submitting Your Essay
