Submission



What’s wrong with the 21st Century?We have surveyed several topics associated with the 21st Century: artificial intelligence, Millennials, warfare (drones), education, and innovations (3D printing). As evident in the texts we viewed and read, there are many individuals who criticize this era and express concern over what the future will hold. What is wrong with the 21st Century? Should we be concerned about these issues? Annotated Bibliography – Due February 26An annotated bibliography is an essential tool for secondary research in the academic world; it documents your research process and allows you to assess the quality of your sources. For this assignment, you will need to include the 5 articles you read in your number group, 2 of the other articles discussed in your alpha group, and 2 of the videos we viewed in class; these sources are available on the class website for your reference. For each source, you will provide the following components:MLA citation3-5 sentences summarizing the source3-5 sentences connecting the source to our essential question1-2 sentences evaluating source credibilityArgumentative Essay – Due March 13Carefully review the source material you have collected. Then, in an argumentative essay that synthesizes at least 3 sources for support, take a position that defends, challenges, or qualifies the claim that we should be concerned about what is wrong with the 21st century. Your essay will meet the following requirements: Follows Classical Argument structureIntroduction/Narration: presents issue, provides summary of background, states thesisConfirmation (x3): presents claim, data, and warrants to support thesisConcession and Refutation: considers and refutes counterclaims to thesisConclusion: summarizes argument and revisits thesisIntegrates at least 6 pieces of data from at least three credible sourcesIncludes in-text citations for all data AND a works cited page for all sourcesAdheres to MLA format: Uses academic voice (no 1st or 2nd person viewpoint)Demonstrates command of conventions (capitalization, punctuation, spelling, etc.)SubmissionElectronically submit your annotated bibliography and argumentative essay by sharing the documents with Mrs. Pixler (kpixler@gs.) by the specified due dates. Use a Google Docs file and title the document Lastname – Annotated Bibliography or Lastname – Argumentative Essay. Argumentative Essay RubricSTATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FOCUSORGANIZATIONELABORATION OF EVIDENCELANGUAGE AND VOCABULARYCONVENTIONS4The response is fully sustained and consistently and purposefully focused on the assigned prompt: thesis is clearly stated, focused and strongly maintained throughoutalternate or opposing claim(s) are clearly addressed claim(s) are introduced and communicated clearly within the context The response has a clear and effective organizational structure creating unity and completeness: effective, consistent use of a variety of transitional strategies logical progression of ideas from beginning to end effective introduction and conclusion for audience and purpose strong connections among ideas, with some syntactic variety The response provides thorough and convincing support/evidence for the writer’s claim(s) that include(s) the effective use of sources, facts, and details. The response achieves substantial depth that is specific and relevant: use of evidence from sources is smoothly integrated, comprehensive, relevant, and concrete effective use of a variety of elaborative techniques correct MLA citation formatThe response clearly and effectively expresses ideas, using precise language: regular use of academic and domain-specific vocabulary rich and precise languageconsistently uses register suited to audience and purposeThe response demonstrates a strong command of conventions: few, if any, error are present in usage and sentence formationeffective and consistent use of punctuation, capitalization, and spelling3The response is adequately sustained and generally focused on the assigned prompt: thesis is clear and for the most part maintained, though some loosely related material may be present context provided for the claim(s) are adequate The response has an evident organizational structure and a sense of completeness, though there may be minor flaws and some ideas may be loosely connected: adequate use of transitional strategies with some variety adequate progression of ideas from beginning to end adequate introduction and conclusion adequate, if slightly inconsistent, connection among ideas The response provides adequate support/evidence for writer’s claim(s) that include(s) the use of sources, facts, and details. The response achieves some depth and specificity but is predominantly general: some evidence from sources is integrated, though citations may be general or imprecise adequate use of some elaborative techniques attempt at MLA citation format; attribution presentThe response adequately expresses ideas, employing a mix of precise with more general language some use of academic and domain-specific vocabulary precise languageattempt to use register suited to audience and purposeThe response demonstrates an adequate command of conventions: some errors in usage and sentence formation may be present, but no systematic pattern of errors is displayedadequate use of punctuation, capitalization, and spelling2The response is somewhat sustained and may have a minor drift in focus: may be clearly focused on the thesis but is insufficiently sustained claim(s) on the issue may be somewhat unclear and unfocused The response has an inconsistent organizational structure, and flaws are evident: inconsistent use of basic transitional strategies with little variety uneven progression of ideas from beginning to end conclusion and introduction, if present, are weak weak connection among ideas The response provides uneven, cursory support/evidence for the writer’s claim(s) that include(s) partial or uneven use of sources, facts, and details, and achieves little depth: evidence from sources is weakly integrated, and citations, if present, are uneven weak or uneven use of elaborative techniques incorrect MLA citation formatThe response expresses ideas unevenly, using simplistic language: little use of domain-specific vocabulary register at times may be inappropriate for the audience and purpose The response demonstrates a partial command of conventions: frequent errors in usage may obscure meaninginconsistent use of punctuation, capitalization, and spellingsample may be too brief to determine adequate command of conventions1The response may be related to the purpose but may offer little relevant detail: may be very brief may have a major drift claim(s) may be confusing or ambiguous The response has little or no discernible organizational structure: few or no transitional strategies are evident frequent extraneous ideas may intrude The response provides minimal support/evidence for the writer’s claim(s) that includes little or no use of sources, facts, and details: use/citation of evidence from sources is minimal, absent, in error, or irrelevant The response expression of ideas is vague, lacks clarity, or is confusing: uses limited language or domain-specific vocabulary may have little sense of audience and purpose The response demonstrates a lack of command of conventions: errors are frequent and severe and meaning is often obscure0A response gets no credit if it provides no evidence of the ability to meet the intended target(s). ................
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