Friday, Feb. 27th--7:45 pm

Greetings, below you will find a copy of the out of class essay assignment #2, which was distributed and discussed at length in class today.

English 5, Sections 5 & 19

Spring, 2015

Course Theme: The Significance of Home

Instructor: C. Fraga

Out of Class Essay Assignment #2 (worth 400 points total)

(Content & Organization=200 points; MLA Documentation=200 points)

Assigned: Friday, Feb. 27th

ROUGH DRAFT: (Optional) Due no later than Friday, March 13^th.

(The rough draft need not have in text citations or a Works Cited page. However, it does need to be fairly well developed in order for me to give helpful feedback.)

Final Draft Due: Wednesday, April 1st

·       Essay must follow MLA format exactly.

·      Thesis statement must be underlined.

·      Do not write a formulaic five paragraph essay.

·       Essay must have a minimum of five sources on the Works Cited page. You are welcome to use the Internet for sources, but at least one of your sources cannot be found on the Internet (for example, use a book, watch a film, conduct an interview, etc.)

·      You may certainly utilize the Wikipedia website to gain background information and to locate reference sites, but you may not use it as one of your primary, documented sources on the Works Cited page.

You must submit the essay in a large envelope, at least 8 ½” x 11”. On the outside of the envelope, please write your name and section number. In the envelope, you will place the following:

***Your final draft, stapled

***Your rough draft with my commentary, stapled, if you submitted one.

***Your note cards (4” x 6”), clipped together, in the order the information is documented in your essay

***Your bibliography cards (3” x 5”), clipped together, in the order the sources appear on your Works Cited page.

Essay Prompt:

• For this essay, you will first select a group of people from another culture/country that you are genuinely interested in finding out more about.

• You will then conduct research in order to discover and then write about at least four significant ways in which someone from this culture/country must adapt to life in the United States.

For example, imagine that you selected the adaptation of the Hmong once they arrive in the US. After conducting some research, you decide to present information on male and female roles in marriage, religious practices, clothing and diet as the four areas of adjustment you feel are most significant and would make the most interesting reading. You will support your assertion with supportive details/examples from your research

Your thesis might read something like the following:

Hundreds of Hmong people immigrate to the United States every year and face many difficult challenges, particularly in the areas of religious practices, clothing, changes in diet and male/female roles within a marriage.

There are several ways to approach this topic and make it your OWN.

 (An essay that asks you to address a topic such as this one would be difficult to complete in less than at least four to five pages.)