HU1440 Project 1 P ROJECT: WRITING A N ARGUM ENTA TIVE P AP E R Project Introduction: In this project, you will work on expanding a position paper with research and transforming it into an argumentative paper. You will also present it in a presentation format. Completing this project offers you the chance to practice your research and writing skills, and it gives you the chance to be creative with using PowerPoint as another composition tool. In addition to helping you with future academic work, these skills will serve you well in your professional endeavors. Many jobs, in a range of fields, will ask you to give you an opinion on a topic, research the topic, and use logic, with examples to persuade others to your way of thinking. The project consists of two parts, Project Part 1 and Project Part 2. You are required to submit the first part in Module 4 and the second part in Module 6. Course Learning Objectives Covered:  Use argument strategies, both traditional and consensual, to develop, communicate, and defend a position in a variety of communication formats.  Differentiate and evaluate competing arguments.  Apply peer review and editing techniques.  Analyze, organize, and synthesize information from both primary and secondary sources.  Produce an annotated bibliography.  Assess and implement rhetorical structures.  Implement appropriate tools for analyzing and constructing arguments.  Apply standard writing conventions to research papers that evaluate the strengths, weaknesses, risks, and benefits of competing perspectives and complex problems. HU1440 Project 2 P ROJECT SUBM ISS ION P L AN Project Part Description/Requirements of Project Part Evaluation Criteria Project Part 1 Assessment Preparation Checklist: To prepare for this assessment:  Read Chapter 12, pp. 397–408. These readings cover the guidelines for using APA citation.  Read “Basics of APA Style Tutorial,” given in the tutorial links on ITT Tech Virtual Library. This will help you learn the elements of the APA Style and guide you to use APA citation. o Log on to ITT Tech Virtual Library. o Click School of Study > General Education Information. o Click Tutorial links and select “Basics of APA Style Tutorial” from the list. Title: Research Draft Paper Based on the issue that you identified in the proposal in Essay 2 in Module 3, create the first draft of your research paper. In your draft, include the following information in essay format:  Thesis: Main idea, stance, at least three clear claims.  Body Paragraphs: Please set up paragraphs in this format, except the thesis and conclusion: 1. Topic sentence, your argumentative claim, in your own words. Do not make this a question, but an authoritative claim that you plan on proving within the paragraph. The Project rubric will be used to evaluate this assessment. http://w.

1. HU1440
Project
1
P ROJECT: WRITING A N ARGUM ENTA TIVE P AP E R
Project Introduction:
In this project, you will work on expanding a position paper
with research and transforming it into an
argumentative paper. You will also present it in a presentation
format. Completing this project offers you
the chance to practice your research and writing skills, and it
gives you the chance to be creative with using
PowerPoint as another composition tool.
In addition to helping you with future academic work, these
skills will serve you well in your professional
endeavors. Many jobs, in a range of fields, will ask you to give
you an opinion on a topic, research the topic,
and use logic, with examples to persuade others to your way of
thinking.

2. The project consists of two parts, Project Part 1 and Project Part
2. You are required to submit the first part
in Module 4 and the second part in Module 6.
Course Learning Objectives Covered:
se argument strategies, both traditional and consensual, to
develop, communicate, and defend a
position in a variety of communication formats.
organize, and synthesize information from both
primary and secondary sources.
arguments.
d writing conventions to research papers that
evaluate the strengths, weaknesses,
risks, and benefits of competing perspectives and complex
problems.

3. HU1440
Project
2
P ROJECT SUBM ISS ION P L AN
Project Part Description/Requirements of Project Part
Evaluation Criteria
Project Part
1
Assessment Preparation Checklist:
To prepare for this assessment:
–408. These readings cover
the guidelines for using APA citation.
e Tutorial,” given in the
tutorial links on ITT Tech Virtual Library. This will help
you learn the elements of the APA Style and guide you

4. to use APA citation.
o Log on to ITT Tech Virtual Library.
o Click School of Study > General Education
Information.
o Click Tutorial links and select “Basics of APA
Style Tutorial” from the list.
Title: Research Draft Paper
Based on the issue that you identified in the proposal in Essay
2 in Module 3, create the first draft of your research paper.
In your draft, include the following information in essay
format:
format, except the thesis and conclusion:
1. Topic sentence, your argumentative claim, in your
own words. Do not make this a question, but an
authoritative claim that you plan on proving
within the paragraph.

5. The Project rubric will
be used to evaluate
this assessment.
http://www.content.distance-education.itt-
tech.edu/cliksdmrroot/content_directory/mount1/507393/HU144
0/Project_Rubric.xlsx
HU1440
Project
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Project Part Description/Requirements of Project Part
Evaluation Criteria
2. Source evidence supporting your topic sentence.
Evidence must be cited in APA format.
3. Your own discussion of the source evidence that
connects it to your topic sentence, your bridge, or
warrant.
4. Repeat 2 and 3 as needed.
5. Add a discussion of the opposition where it feels

6. appropriate.
6. Concluding sentence, in your own words.
Submission Requirements:
Submit your response in a Microsoft Word document of the
following specifications:
-12
ng: Double
Due: Module 4
Grading Weight: 10%
Project Part
2
Title: Final Research Paper
Now that you have your instructor’s comments on your first
draft, apply them to the final, revised draft of your research

7. paper. Write a minimum 1500-word paper, defending your
stance on the argument. Include the following sections in your
research paper:
The Project rubric will
be used to evaluate
this assessment
http://www.content.distance-education.itt-
tech.edu/cliksdmrroot/content_directory/mount1/507393/HU144
0/Project_Rubric.xlsx
HU1440
Project
4
Project Part Description/Requirements of Project Part
Evaluation Criteria
phs: Please set up paragraphs in this
format, except the thesis and conclusion:

8. 1. Topic sentence, your argumentative claim, in your
own words. Do not make this a question, but an
authoritative claim that you plan on proving
within the paragraph.
2. Source evidence supporting your topic sentence.
Evidence must be cited in APA format.
3. Your own discussion of the source evidence that
connects it to your topic sentence, your bridge or
warrant.
4. Repeat 2 and 3 as needed.
5. Add discussion of the opposition where it feels
appropriate.
6. Concluding sentence, in your own words.
Remember to cite as many sources as possible to further
strengthen your argument.
Submission Requirements:

9. Submit your response in a Microsoft Word document of the
following specifications:
-12
Due: Module 6
HU1440
Project
5
Project Part Description/Requirements of Project Part
Evaluation Criteria
Grading Weight: 15%