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1.3: Compare and Contrast Writing -- Assignment

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    Using the comparison/contrast game plan, plan and draft a short writing assignment that compares and contrasts hate and racism using at least two correctly cited quotations from Anderson’s (2020) text.

     

    SLOs from ENGL 102:

    Critical Thinking, Reading, and Writing

    ·         Demonstrate close reading of a text through various strategies (e.g. annotating, outlining, summarizing, note taking)

    ·         Use interpretation to recognize the author’s meaning and strategies (e.g., induction, deduction) to develop ideas

    ·         Formulate constructive questions which facilitate meaningful inquiry

    ·         Create texts, with multiple drafts, that adhere to the conventions of Standard Academic English

    ·         Summarize and paraphrase arguments and/or other texts

    ·         Use quotations and citations appropriately (including sources that cite other sources)

    ·         Use MLA documentation system and/or the APA documentation system

     

    Comparison/Contrast Game Plan

     

    1.  Here is your topic for comparison/contrast: hate versus racism.

     

     

    2.  Brainstorm for the points of commonality, the aspects the two have that are similar.  Write those here (you may also use a circle map, freewrite or any other pre-writing strategy).

     

     

     

    3.  Brainstorm for the differences, the aspects the two have that contrast. Write those here (you may also use a circle map, freewrite or any other pre-writing strategy). 

     

     

    4.  Now fill out the game plan

     

    Racism:

    Definition:­­­­­____________________________________________________________

    ­­­­­­­­­_____________________________________________________________________

     

    Quotations: (need at least one from Anderson’s (2020) text)

    a.  ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

     

    b. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

     

    1 expository example (may be personal, historical, literary, from current events) to make your point: ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

     

    Hate: _____________________________________________________________

    Definition:­­­­­____________________________________________________________

    ­­­­­­­­­_____________________________________________________________________

    Quotations: (need at least one from Anderson’s (2020) text)

    a.  __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

    b. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

     

    1 expository example (may be personal, historical, literary, from current events) to make your point: ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

     

    When you are finished, leave your plan alone for a day or so, and then work on it again a little.  Planning is very important, so do this well before you start the draft.

     

    Tips:

    1.  Take notes or highlight Anderson’s text.

    2. Fill out steps 2 and 3 above.

    3. Think about the differences between the terms and how they relate to each other for at least a day after tips 1 and 2.  Now, fill out the game plan.

    4. Have the game plan ready for class next week on XXX.  Post it in Brightspace for others to comment on. 

    5. When you are ready to draft, use a block structure—Word 1 first, then Word 2—the order is up to you depending on your overall point. Which word makes sense for you to start with?

    6. You should about four paragraphs in the first draft—a 3-5 sentence intro, a body paragraph for racism, a body paragraph for hate, and a conclusion that brings the comparison and contrast together (about 4-6 sentences). Point out in the conclusion why understanding the difference is important.


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