A draft for your next essay is due in class, Tuesday, March 24. That class will be held in the Garland Lab. Bring two (2) copies for use in a writing workshop (note change from original syllabus). A reminder: you can always check our syllabus on the Web in order to see an updated syllabus. That site also has copies of the assignment sheet, important handouts, and the entire Daedalus Guide (which tells you how to access InterChange transcripts, etc.)
 

In addition to the draft: when you finish your draft, write a paragraph summarizing your argument. In effect, you'll be writing a prospectus after the fact (which is usually called a précis): in your best prose, map out what you did in the essay-your thesis, subordinate claims, data, and so on. Aim to sum up your paper in less than a page (double spaced). In the lab, you'll be typing that paragraph into InterChange, so be sure to keep it relatively short and pithy, yet sufficiently detailed to explain your essay to someone who hasn't read it. Be sure to leave enough time for writing the paragraph: it is harder to write a good half page than it is to write a longer document. For those with the know-how: you can bring your paragraph to class on a diskette, saved as an .rtf or .txt file, and then simply paste it into InterChange to save time if you wish. But I'll also want hard copy.
 

Like the previous essays, this one should be a persuasive essay in which you make claims and back them up with data linked to the claims by strong warrants. There is no specific requirement for citing two essays. The only requirement is that you find a topic related to our discussions of myths of equality and the melting pot. For topics, you might turn back to your own response pages, or you might find something related to our class discussions or our work in the lab. You can access InterChange transcripts and your Response sequences by following the directions in Daedalus Handbook.
 

Next Tuesday or Wednesday (again, note change from original syllabus), you'll bring your draft, your peer reviews, and a written plan for revision to an individual conference with me. Then you'll revise for the following Monday.