Week 4

Writing Assignment:

There are two parts to this week’s assignment.

First, write an outline for the paper topic you have chosen for the first paper. Outlines should contain the following:

1. an updated thesis statement

2. placeholders for where you will place your historical background and source introduction(s)

3. subsections that each contain the following elements:

• • • a claim you will make supporting your argument
    • evidence from our primary source(s) to support that claim
    • a placeholder for your analysis (in the paper, the analysis portion of each body paragraph is where you will explain what the evidence means and how it supports your argument)

4. a placeholder for a conclusion (this will usually be a reiteration of your argument/thesis)

These outlines don't have to be incredibly long or detailed (a page of bullet points will do), but you want to think about what points you want to make and how to logically arrange them so that your reader can easily follow your argument. You will peer review your outlines in section, so bring this with you on Friday in addition to submitting it online.

For the writing assignment proper (250-300 words), give two specific examples of how William Roper portrays Thomas More as saintly. Why would Roper want his readers to view More as a saint/martyr?

Answers should be 250-300 words and include specific details and page numbers from the reading.

Grading:

The purpose of these assignments is to demonstrate that you've done the reading and learned something from it. You should make sure to address all parts of the question and provide specifics like names, places, context, and page numbers in your answers.

For example, if you say that someone gave a speech before a battle, I'm going to want to know who gave the speech (names), which battle it was (context), and where it was (places). I also want to know what page(s) this material is on. Although these are short writing assignments, you still want to provide details (history is all about the details).

100% - addresses all parts of the question and provides details like names, places, context, and page numbers.

90% - addresses all parts of the question, but may lack some detail -OR- provides great detail but does not answer part of the question.

80% - answer is correct, but vague, one or more parts of the question may be unanswered.

70% - answer is very vague and multiple parts of the question are unanswered.

50% - I suspect that you read the source, but your answer totally lacks detail and doesn't demonstrate that you learned anything from the reading.

0% - It's clear that you didn't read the source, or you didn't turn in a writing assignment.