WORTH: 8% of semester grade

LENGTH: 725 - 850 Words

CAN THIS BE TURNED IN LATE?: Yes, but be attentive to the penalties

DUE: 11/13 by blackboard by classtime

All files should be saved on your computer as: your last name, followed by an underscore ("_"), followed by the first two letters of your first name, followed by an underscore ("_"), followed by the assignment number. So if a student named Saddam Hussein were to submit assignment number 18, the file name would be:

hussein_sa_18.doc

THIS IS ASSIGNMENT 18

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ESSAY QUESTION:In terms of their most important characteristics, are the Central Park Five and Brawley episodes more alike or more unlike?

 

Writing Guidelines:

Additional Writing Requirements (and CHECKLIST)

1) You must have a clear thesis statement within the first two paragraphs of this paper (and preferably in the first paragraph). (-5% pts if you don't)

2) You must underline your thesis statement (-5% pts if you don't)

3) You must have at least eight points of evidence, with at least three of those eightcoming from the Burns' reading or Central Park Five documentary and at least three coming from Brawley documentary. The remaining two pieces of evidence can come from either video or the reading (-15% pts if you don't)

YOUR PAPER, HOWEVER, MIGHT EASILY HAVE MORE THAN EIGHT PIECES OF EVIDENCE.

4) In paragraphs that present evidence, you must identify your claims by placing a (CL) before them; your points of evidence by placing an (EV) before them; and your warrants by placing a (WA) before them (-5% pts if you don't)

I will be grading your essays using this rubric (delivered as a microsoft word .doc to your desktop)

You might want to look over the rubric before starting to write the paper so that you know my expectations in advance of writing the paper.