You can generate these [research] questions by responding to the rhetorical situation provided by your assignment and by considering what interests you the most about the topic. Even if your whole class is writing on the same topic, each person will present a different argument or approach to the issue . . . The way you make a research project your own is by developing powerful research questions. Alfano and OBrienAssignment Description:
Select an issue related to any of the topics we have been discussing in class: body image, body art, crossing cultures, sports and media, photography, YouTube, gaming, sustainability, fashion, globalization, or any issue from any of the articles in Envision in Depth. Choose whatever subject you would like to more deeply explore. You are welcome to use claims of value, cause/effect, or policy (problem/solution). an introduction that sets up your argument about the article
a thesis that makes a specific, debatable claim about the topic you have selected.
effectively organized paragraphs with strong topic sentences and transitions
Reference to or example from at least one article from Envision in Depth (can be a summary or paraphrase in your own words and sentence structure, or a brief, correctly integrated direct quotation)
References to or examples from 2-3 reliable internet sites (can be summaries or paraphrases in your own words and sentence structure, or brief, correctly integrated direct quotations). If you are not sure the web source is reliable, send me the link and ask me.