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This is a Chicano studies class. This is a book review/report essay on ″Glorious Defeat by Timothy Henderson″. In four typed pages plus the works cited page write an essay in MLA style format. You will have an option to choose one prompt from the three options:
1. Why did the war go so tragically for Mexico?
2. Why Timothy J. Henderson in his book A Glorious Defeat. Mexico And Its War With The United States, develop a horrific picture of an apocalyptic 19th century Mexico and its northern territories?
3. Why did the Mexican-American war have social, political, and economic consequences between Mexico and the United States?
Instructions:
To develop the paper in an essay format choose one option from the three choices below and answer the prompt.
1. Why the war went so tragically for Mexico?
2. Why Timothy J. Henderson in his book A Glorious Defeat. Mexico And Its War With The United States, develops a horrific picture of an apocalyptic 19th century Mexico and its northern territories?
3. Why the Mexican-American war had social, political, and economic consequences between Mexico and the United States?
Guidelines on how to develop your essay in correlation with your opinions and historical facts:
Opinion
Unlike most paper types, opinion writing doesn’t require objective insight into the subject matter. Having stated your personal opinion on a topic of your choice, you are required to proceed with arguments that explain and justify your position. You will want to rely both on your own views and back them up with quotations and examples from secondary sources.
Opinion Essay Introduction
In the introduction, you should be very clear about the subject of your presentation. Name it with key terms and define your line of argumentation. The reader must be informed about your ideas and attitude toward the topic since the very beginning of your essay. Your topic will, usually, be formulated as question – you should provide an answer to it in the introduction, and elaborate on it in the body essay.
Opinion Essay Body – Paragraphs
In subsequent paragraphs you will elaborate on your arguments; that is, you will provide an argumentative context to the conviction you expressed in the introduction of the paper. Different elements of paragraphs will guide the reader through your fashion of reasoning. Use varied source information in order to validate your points. Draw from multiple disciplines in order to manifest fluency in the subject and make your opinion essay sound authoritative, well-thought, and justified.
Write the objective of the paper in the introduction. What is the main idea of the paper? Read the first chapter. Write two sentences to summarize the first chapter; one to describe the main characters, historical events. What is the main story about? Introduced in the chapter, the setting and any other important details, and the other sentence to describe what happened in the chapter. Write the historical context.
Analysis. For every other chapter, write one to three sentences summarizing the chapter. Be sure to talk about the action and characters. What did they do and why? What happened or developed? What new things did you learn about the characters? How these characters are portrayed through the historical accounts presented by Henderson. Be sure to explain the setting (time, location, etc.).
What makes a book report good and interesting is to include the major story plot by characters’ actions, and the meaning the author and you wanted to give. What was the author’s message? What is your message? What did you learn from this story? Why did the characters behave the way they did?
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Evaluation Rubric
____________A___________________________________________________________________________________________
Reading Understanding ………………………………………………… complex and thorough understanding of subject and assignment
Thesis (Main Clause) ……………………………………………………. clear, nuanced, carefully articulated, correct position for academic
paper, not statement of fact nor generally accepted truth
Forecast (Plan of Development) …………………………………….. clear, map of supporting reasons clearly stated or generalized (see
Intro Para. Handout)
Supporting Details/”issues”/reasons ………………………………… sophisticated, reasonable, and logical support for thesis, responding to
reader’s question
Evidence (specific examples)…………………………………………. plentiful and persuasively connected to argument/thesis (see, touch,
taste, hear, specific)
Refutation/Counterargument ………………………………………….. concise explanation and perceptive refutation and/or accommodation
Organization ……………………………………………………………….. clear, effective Introduction, Body and Conclusion, smooth transitions,
effective topic sentences, each paragraph clearly linked to thesis;
clear, logical development of argument
Key Terms ………………………………………………………………….. clearly defined early in essay, effectively linked to main points
Introduction …………………………………………………………………. concisely establishes context to topic and focus of argument – Lead-in
(Hook)/ Transition/Thesis/POD
Editing/Proofreading …………………………………………………….. sentences well-written with very few, if any errors
MLA Formatting …………………………………………………………… margins, header/footer/page numbering/name setup/citations are error-
free
MLA Citations ……………………………………………………………… error-free formatting within paper and on bibliography/work cited page
plus all of the basic features for B
___________B____________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________
Reading Understanding ………………………………………………… good understanding and solid response to the assignment/prompt
Thesis (Main Clause) ……………………………………………………. clearly stated, arguable, perceptive, not statement of fact or generally
accepted truth
Forecast (Plan of Development) …………………………………….. good map of argument and supporting reasons
Supporting Details/”issues”/reasons ………………………………… clear explanation; connection may be incomplete in spots, responds to
reader’s question
Evidence (specific examples)…………………………………………. good, relevant support linked to reasons and thesis, may not be as
specific throughout
Refutation/Counterargument ………………………………………….. good explanation and response to key opposing arguments
Organization ……………………………………………………………….. effective Introduction, Body and Conclusion, smooth transitions, topic
sentences, logical development of argument
Key Terms ………………………………………………………………….. clear, connect ideas effectively
Introduction …………………………………………………………………. good, though perhaps wordy or gives incomplete context, organization
may be somewhat weak
Editing/Proofreading …………………………………………………….. good sentence structure, few editing errors
MLA Formatting …………………………………………………………… correct format, a few minor errors
MLA Citations ……………………………………………………………… minor errors in formatting within paper and on bibliography/work cited
page
plus all of the basic features for C
___________C____________________________________________________________________________________________
Reading Understanding ………………………………………………… adequate understanding of subject and assignment, minor misreading
Thesis (Main Clause) ……………………………………………………. thesis is apparent, states a position but not precisely or engagingly
stated
Forecast (Plan of Development) …………………………………….. vague, overly general map of argument
Supporting Details/”issues”/reasons ………………………………… not fully explained, and/or not clearly connected to thesis, does not
respond clearly to reader’s question
Evidence (specific examples)…………………………………………. not explained or tied clearly to reasons or thesis
Refutation/Counterargument ………………………………………….. minimal attention paid to key opposing ideas
Organization ……………………………………………………………….. topic sentences unclearly linked to thesis, weak transitions
Introduction …………………………………………………………………. too general, not clearly focused, poor definition of key terms
Editing/Proofreading …………………………………………………….. wordy, vague or unclear sentences; several editing errors
MLA Formatting …………………………………………………………… few errors
MLA Citations ……………………………………………………………… errors in formatting within paper and on bibliography/work cited pages
noting little knowledge or understanding of MLA requirements
____________D___________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________
Reading Understanding ………………………………………………… incomplete understanding of subject and assignment
Thesis/Forecast/Supports/Examples ……………………………….. not arguable, difficult to identify, not tied to an argument, statement of
fact or generally accepted truth
Refutation/Argument …………………………………………………….. opposing issues not addressed
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Organization ……………………………………………………………….. few if any transitions, no topic sentences, jumps from idea to idea, no
definition of key terms
Editing/Proofreading …………………………………………………….. errors interfere with understanding, sentence structure, grammar weak
MLA Formatting/Citations ……………………………………………… basic errors in formatting – margins, header/footer, etc – sources poorly
cited, poor, limited knowledge of MLA requirements
____________F____________________________________________________________________________________________
Reading Understanding ………………………………………………… fundamental misreading, off the topic
Argument and Thesis ……………………………………………………. no thesis nor argument
Editing and Proofreading ………………………………………………. abundant errors in sentence structure and mechanics
MLA Formatting/Citations ……………………………………………… persistent errors in formatting; citations – none given, plagiarized
(either one alone justifies an “F”)
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