The instructions are incuded on the two attachments.

Single Source Essay

*SOURCE:

Peggy Orenstein “What’s Wrong with Cinderella?”

Type essay in Microsoft Word, 12 pt font, Times New Roman, double-spaced.

Definition:

A single-source essay is one in which the student uses one source as an idea for writing an essay and will integrate ideas from the source into the essay.

Choose one of the two topics below:

            What is wrong with the idea of princesses?

Use the source below from the reading:

Peggy Orenstein “What’s Wrong with Cinderella?”

Generate ideas for your topic.

Construct a working thesis statement:

A working thesis is the main idea that helps you to get started writing a rough draft, but will probably need refining for your final essay. There are also tips from the following website: 

Creating a Thesis Statement

Re-read source essay:

            –select passages that support or relate to your points

            –note on your outline where you can use the selected passages

Write your rough draft:

 –the essay is your ideas, your points; use the source for additional support

 –make a Work Cited page for a selection from an anthology, model 27, page 649, or an article in a  newspaper or journal on Web, model 7c/9c in LBH

Contents of essay:

            Introduction

            –summarize

Orenstein in 3 or 4 sentences (for your essay)

            –state a three-point thesis for your chosen topic

            Body I, II, III

            –topic sentence with one point from your three-point thesis

            –details to support: experience and Orenstein

            –use mixture of paraphrase, summary, quotation

            Conclusion

            –evaluate OR

            –summarize

Revise and edit.

 –use the Revising and Editing questions on the handout to make sure that you have done what is required. Think of the handout as a Rubric. I use it to grade your papers.

Notes:

Minimum length is 500 words. Try not to go more than 100-200 words over the minimum.

Your essay does not have to cover exactly the same material as the source essay. The objective is a spin-off, not a full-text summary of the source essay.

The source essay should be treated as a form of evidence and cited whenever it is relevant, but always as a context in which to develop your own strategy and assert your own thesis.

Single Source Outline

*SOURCE: Peggy Orenstein “What’s Wrong with Cinderella?”

Instructions:

Type a Single Source Outline

Type in Microsoft Word, 12 pt font, Times New Roman, single-spaced.

According to LBH, your introduction and conclusion are not included on your outline. You will need to include your thesis statement.

Structure

·

Use simple sentence outline, rather than topic or phrase outlines. Sentence: The princess storylines make women dependent. Not a sentence: Making women dependent.

·

Thesis statement:

the main idea of the essay in one sentence, which may preview the main points.

· Main points are designated by a roman numeral, I, II, III, IV (made with capital I and V)

· Sub points are designated with capital letters, A, B, C, etc.

· Details and examples are designated with 1, 2, 3, etc.

· Introductions and conclusions are not part of the outline

· if you sub-divide, you must sub-divide at least twice. So you cannot have I without II, A without B, or 1 without 2.

Example of Structure

Thesis statement:

I.     Main point

       A.     Sub point

               1.     detail/example

                2.    detail/example

       B.     Sub point

               1.     detail/example
                2.    detail/example

II.   Main point, etc.