Module 5: Writing Assignment 4 SM 20 

Paragraph 1 (150 words minimum– 30 points for this paragraph)

First Sentence:
Start by giving the author, title of document, and when the document was written in order to clearly cite your source of information. (3 points)

Next:
State the main point that the author is making here (consider audience, purpose–to persuade, to inform, to criticize…). Then describe the supporting points the author provides. Is the author convincing in his main point–why/why not. (15 points)

Select and incorporate a direct quote (word for word from the document). Remember to cite the quote by putting it in quotation marks, with the page number after it in parenthesis, like this: (page 244). Incorporate this into this paragraph–do not attach it at the end of the paragraph. Please limit this quote to a brief sentence. Discuss why you picked the quote and its meaning in relation to the document and topic as a whole. (12 points)

Paragraph 2: (125 words minimum–20 points)

First sentence:
Select and INTRODUCE  ONE of these sources that you selected to use to compare to the document: Takaki’s A Different Mirror Chapter 15, or ANY of Calderon’s lectures from Module 5 OR either the Eyes on the Prize: Fighting Back or the Chicano: Taking Back the Schools  video. Students will NOT use more than one of these. (3 points)

Next:
Describe the information that this source provides about the Civil Rights Movement, and consider the goal that the author was trying to achieve. What obstacles were these authors facing and how did they plan to meet these challenges (by the majority white community).  After describing the inequalities as addressed in the document, explain what their demands were to address these conditions? (17 points)

Paragraph 3 (125 words minimum– 20 points)

First sentence:
Create a transition statement, such as: The document, provide the title, was similar to (name the source) because…. OR, The document was different from the (name the source) because….
(2 points)

Next:
Take one section of the source that you picked and describe how it relates to the document you selected. Compare each “point by point”, by selecting specific areas and by showing how each source discusses that issue. It is critical to be very specific–make sure the details you picked for each source make “sense” in this comparison.   (13 points)

What did you learn from these readings regarding  what the challenges were to achieve equality in the United States, as well as the plan/actions that the authors had to overcome them? (5 points)

Module 5: Writing Assignment 4 SM 20 

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