Position Paper Writing Assignment Outcomes

Position Paper Writing Assignment Outcomes

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Position Paper Writing Assignment Outcomes

Position Paper #1 (Writing Assignment #2)

Outcomes

• Focus on a purpose
• Identify and respond to the needs of different audiences
• Use writing and reading for inquiry, learning, thinking, and communicating
• Integrate your own ideas with those of others
• Develop a writing project through multiple drafts
• Develop flexible strategies for generating, revising, editing, and proofreading
• Practice appropriate means for documenting their work
• Develop knowledge of linguistic structures, including grammar, punctuation, and spelling, through practice in composing and revising

At A Glance

• Write a researched position paper where you take a strong position on a contemporary issue
• 4-5 double-spaced pages in length (no less than 1000 words)
• Use size 12 Times New Roman font
• MLA or APA format for headings, style, & citations
• Submit to Blackboard with a reflective writer’s memo as a cover letter

At this point, you have identified your issue, narrowed down your topic, developed your claim, and conducted some research on your issue (summary-response papers)

Audience:

Select a position on the issue of school vouchers, and write to academics or experts as well as people who may be interested in the topic instead of a general audience. This means that your audience is already concerned about your topic and motivated enough to join in a conversation on the topic.

Purpose:

The point is not necessarily to win an argument but to contribute an idea, argument, or perspective to the ongoing conversation on your topic. Imagine that your article will be published in one of the journals that you research for the bibliography and that it will add something new, missed, or previously misunderstood to the conversation. The goal is to move the field one step further in its approach to this particular issue or problem.

Assignment:

This position paper should be based on your readings on school vouchers. Decide on a position on the issue of school vouchers. Your position must be more specific than simply agreeing or disagreeing with the idea. I’d like to see you take what you learned from the class and the papers you’ve written and use it to do further research in academic journals and build an argument/research paper of your own.

Use at least six sources for this paper. Be sure the ideas controlling your paper are your own. Use the sources in the form of quotes and paraphrasing to support your ideas. Everything that is not your own (quoted or not) must be cited within the text of your paper. Don’t forget the “Works Cited” page.

(Your sources MUST be academic sources. Nonacademic sources do not count toward the six-source requirement)

Genre:

This is an academic essay. The gist is to follow the forms and strategies of the articles that you research and the discourse communities you are speaking to. This will prove difficult for a variety of reasons related to the limits of a first­‐year course. Some generic thoughts:

Use evidence and arguments from other articles as supports for your position. It is important that you make sure these authors have ethos (credibility) within the field.

Your paper should have a title: often with the topic in title and a concise version of your claim in the subtitle. But try following some of the titling conventions of the articles you’ve researched. See if you can figure out the genre and emulate it.

Since your audience is a disciplinary one (experts), be sure that you appeal to the assumed grounding concepts, texts, authors, and methods within the field. See who is being cited, what is being assumed, and what methods are utilized in journal articles in the field. Try to follow suite where you can. This creates common ground.

Evaluation Criteria:

In addition to the evaluation criteria in the syllabus, Pay attention to the following:

Argument/ Exposition

Make sure you have an arguable issue. If it is an issue currently being debated in the journals you find, you are probably good.

Make sure your thesis/claim is not something that is general knowledge.

Make sure your claims are appropriately qualified.

Make certain that your claims and supports are tight and specific (i.e., that they are clearly and logically connected).

Form

Focus on basic paragraph construction—one topic or sub-claim per paragraph with fully developed support.

Focus on solid flow and transition—logical connections between sentences and paragraphs.

When quoting other articles, look for links between their ideas and your sentences that precede and follow the quote: make those connections explicit.

Style

I will expect correct, clear sentences (no fragments or run-ons, no awkward wording, or tense problems).

Don’t be too biased, polemical, or extremist in your approach or tone—a balanced tone is generally a hallmark of academic writing.

Important Criteria:

Your paper should be at least four pages (1000 words) in length, double-spaced, and no more than 15.

Your paper should have a Works Cited/References page with at least six academic sources.

Your paper should include at least five quotes, paraphrases or summaries in the text.

Both the Works Cited/References page and in-text citation formats should be MLA.

Your paper should be in MLA format.

If your discipline follows APA, you may use that instead of MLA.

Lastly, **include a Short Paper/Argument Analysis of your own paper. ** Once you are done writing, look back and analyze what you did and show me that you understand the strategies you used. (This is a reflective writer’s memo) Your paper is not complete without it.

Refer to the Writer’s Memo handout.

Position Paper Writing Assignment Outcomes

RUBRIC
Excellent Quality 95-100%	Introduction 45-41 points The background and significance of the problem and a clear statement of the research purpose is provided. The search history is mentioned.		Literature Support 91-84  points The background and significance of the problem and a clear statement of the research purpose is provided. The search history is mentioned.			Methodology 58-53 points Content is well-organized with headings for each slide and bulleted lists to group related material as needed. Use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. to enhance readability and presentation content is excellent. Length requirements of 10 slides/pages or less is met.
Average Score 50-85%	40-38 points More depth/detail for the background and significance is needed, or the research detail is not clear. No search history information is provided.		83-76  points Review of relevant theoretical literature is evident, but there is little integration of studies into concepts related to problem. Review is partially focused and organized. Supporting and opposing research are included. Summary of information presented is included. Conclusion may not contain a biblical integration.			52-49  points Content is somewhat organized, but no structure is apparent. The use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. is occasionally detracting to the presentation content. Length requirements may not be met.
Poor Quality 0-45%	37-1 points The background and/or significance are missing. No search history information is provided.		75-1 points Review of relevant theoretical literature is evident, but there is no integration of studies into concepts related to problem. Review is partially focused and organized. Supporting and opposing research are not included in the summary of information presented. Conclusion does not contain a biblical integration.			48-1 points There is no clear or logical organizational structure. No logical sequence is apparent. The use of font, color, graphics, effects etc. is often detracting to the presentation content. Length requirements may not be met
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