<p>This is an Essay for ENG1113 English Comp 1, our first 500 words or more, 5 paragraph essay on the subject: The three changes I would make in my community. This is the “how to structure a 5-paragraph essay” that she sent us, and I can’t find out if it should be double or single spaced. I’m new to essays.</p>
<p>Wall of text, sorry.</p>
<p>The assignment:
In this course you are to type 500 word -five paragraph essays to submit . You are to state and evaluate the writer’s main points and evaluate the evidence the writer provides to establish the truth of the main points. You will be given an assignment ( professional essay) to read from your text or another site. In addition, you will be given topics to respond to in an essay format. You must have a thesis sentence that has three clear points ( ALSO CALLED AN ESSAY MAP). You must have an essay map for your thesis sentence in every essay. You will introduce the points outlined in the essay map in each topic sentence. Next you must use transitions ( next , in addition to , also) to move from your introduction ( paragraph 1) to your body paragraph ( paragraphs 2,3,and 4) and then summarize your points and restate your thesis in your conclusion. Each paragraph must have a minimum of 100- 150 words to add up to a 500 word essay. Your essay must consist of 500 words! Remember you will not merely summarize the professional essay read, you must provide an analysis of the story and if assigned respond to the questions given in the text. </p>
<p>The outline structure is as follows:
Paragraph 1: Introduction. Introduce the topic and the essay/article you will examine. (This is only necessary if you are responding to a reading assignment). Be sure to give the title and the author’s name, along with the any publication information for the essay. Also, include the topic chosen if you are given a list of topics to choose from. State/Describe the author’s thesis/ or your thesis and the three main points ( the essay map).
Paragraph 2: Describe one of the author’s main points or your first point. Then respond to the point using examples and illustrations.
Paragraph 3: Describe the author’s second point or your second point. Then respond to the point using examples and illustrations.
Paragraph 4: Describe the author’s fourth point or your third point. Then respond to the point using examples and illustrations.
Paragraph 5 : Conclude your essay . ( Restate your thesis and summarize your points or the author’s point.)
Prewriting tasks:
- Create a thesis ( with an essay map)
- Create a scratch or informal outline of your points( topic or sentence)
- Write an effective introduction and place your thesis at the end of the introductory paragraph.( If possible highlight it for me). Use the highlighting symbol to complete this task.
- Effectively and correctly introduce the author title,a date publication ( if using an outside article).
- Write three effective body paragraphs with topic sentences and transitions
- Comprehend the strategy used in the article/ or professional essay. ( For example definition, cause/effect etc.)
- Intelligently analyze the evidence set forth in the essay/article.
- Quote the writer correctly ( avoiding plagiarism). You may not use any other sources without giving the source credit.
( papers that are plagiarized may receive a failing grade.) see textbook for MLA documentation assistance. - Write an effective conclusion
10 Use correct grammar. Please review the course syllabus for grading criteria and deductions for major and minor errors.
Specifications:
Your essay should be five paragraphs , at least 500 words, grammatically correct in Times New Roman twelve-point font, with one inch margins. It must also have an outline , and be written with an introduction(with thesis), a well developed body ( three paragraphs) and an conclusion. See textbook for a sample topic outline.
Use the sample paper in section 6e 52-57 in the handbook for your model. You should include name, course , section ,date and my name in the left hand margin of your paper. Title your essay and begin typing the essay and outline. You do not need to use any outside sources for your essay. All information should be based on personal experiences and or reflections. </p>
<p>My Essay</p>
<p>Nicholas Farnham
Maria Wiley
ENG 1113
14 September 2011 </p>
<p>The Three Changes I Would Make In My Community</p>
<p>If I could make three changes in my community, what would they be? This is a question Ive asked myself before, but not until now have I given myself the drive to honestly discover what those changes would be. In this essay I will cover changes that can be made, as well as the resources to research and implement those changes. I will go over volunteer activity, group and afterschool organizational activity, and lastly how I would help others with seminars and self-help groups. Simple changes in your community could help make a large difference. Volunteer work is easy to do, and can be organized with others who wish to help your community, after-school groups could help the children with more constructive and educating activities, and seminars with focus on self-help could all help improve the community and eventually even spread through the state with good influence.</p>
<p>I would create opportunities with the local volunteer work, and become more involved in it. Searching around the community, it is apparent that much could be done with volunteer work to help benefit it. Local car washes, yard and landscaping work for residential and commercial areas, as well as restoring and painting public areas and buildings could all help the community in one way or another. The volunteer work could help even more so with any donations or income going to charity proceeds or benefiting local funds to improve the city. I could take the time to form a group of several people who share the interests that I do of helping the community and each of us individually could spread our influence to create even more volunteer groups throughout the community. Once there are several active groups, I would create new ideas and methods to help even more so. Ideas such as online feedback and resources, working with other close counties and communities, could help the general idea and benefit spread.</p>
<p>I would inspire more constructive group activities for the community. Lets face it, when people, mainly children and teens, have idle time on their hands, it isnt always met with constructive activities. I would get local groups together with similar interests and try to go to the school system, helping to create after-school groups, clubs, and other things to help our kids stay active and constructive even out of school. In another way, I would go to local churches and find out info about the youth groups and Sunday school activities there and help the word get out. I know I had an amazing time when I went camping with my youth group when I was younger. Lastly, I would establish a club, or become part of an already existing one, that I feel could help others and that I share interests with. An art or music club for example could help those of us with the drive for creating things, as well as give people an outlet for their emotions into art and music. The art created could then be product of a local gallery or show and the proceeds given to charity, if the artist wished.</p>
<p>I would help lead and host my own seminars for self-help and overall understanding. A lot of people do things, or get involved in things, because they either dont have a way out, or they dont fully understand the repercussions of their actions. I believe that with local seminars, we could create a sense of welcoming and understanding in the community, a lean-on-me kind of thing, to help anyone with problems further understand themselves, and know where they can get help with those problems or issues. Not everyone realizes that there are local psychiatrists and therapy groups, as well as people who will gladly listen and offer a helping hand. I could also write up or help distribute self-help and self-improvement guides, using experience from my own life and past problems, to pass out to people to help them in their daily lives.</p>
<p>It is easy to help your community if you want. There is a lot of information out there, in the newspapers, on the internet, at local libraries, and at the city hall area of your community. The resources are out there and the possibilities are endless, you just need determination. No matter what action you do, one car wash or simply opening a door for someone, can show compassion to others and can then begin to affect the community, even in the smallest of ways. These are the simple changes I would make in my community, hoping they would help make a large difference. The volunteer work is easy to accomplish and will be organized with other helpers in my community, after-school groups would help the children as well as all of the community to better enjoy constructive activities, and seminars with self-help focus could help improve the community and eventually spread throughout the entire state with good influence.</p>
<p>(for some reasons the indents didn’t come over from the word document)</p>