Sure, here’s the assignment explained in simpler terms:
You have a writing task where you need to create a first draft of an essay. This is not the final version, but it should have most of the parts you’ll need in the end. You don’t need to worry too much about making everything perfect yet. You will be working on improving this draft later.
For this essay, you should write about a topic and argue your point of view. You have to convince the person reading your essay that your opinion is good and makes sense. Here’s what you need to include:
– An opening part that grabs the reader’s attention and a sentence that clearly tells the reader what your essay is arguing for.
– A part right after the introduction that gives the reader some basic information about your topic, so they understand what you’re talking about.
– Three to five main parts where you explain different reasons why your argument is good. You need to use facts, quotes from other people, stories from your life or people you know, and good thinking to support each reason.
– A part where you talk about an opinion that is different from yours. You need to explain why this different opinion is not as strong as your argument.
– A final part that wraps everything up without adding any new information. It should remind the reader what your main argument was.
– A list at the end of your essay that shows where you got all your information from. You need at least five different sources.
You have two weeks to finish this first draft and turn it in by Friday, May 10. But if you want some early help, you can make a plan for your essay and send it by May 5. Your teacher will give you feedback on your plan to help you write a better draft.
Remember, you can’t just copy things from the internet or other places without saying where you got it from. That’s called plagiarism and is not allowed. You have to write things in your own words and give credit to where you got the information. You can check your work with a special program called Turnitin to make sure you didn’t accidentally plagiarize.
Your teacher will give you points for each part of the essay that you do correctly. Altogether, you can get 30 points for this draft.