Week 5

Writing Assignment:

There are two parts to this week’s assignment.

First, write a body paragraph for the paper topic you have chosen for the first paper. Each body paragraph should make a claim in the form of a topic sentence, provide evidence from our primary source(s) to support that claim, and provide analysis of the evidence that explains how it supports your argument. You will peer review your body paragraphs 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 differences you see between the portrayal of Wolsey in this week's source and the portrayal of Thomas More in last week's source. What do you think is significant about the differences you have chosen between the two men?

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.