It is now time to write the first draft of your essay using the materials that you have gathered this far including the feedback on your Weeks 1-3 assignments.
Review my feedback comments on your Week 1 to Week 3 assignments.
Write a 1,200- to 1,400-word draft of your comparison-contrast paper
Use three peer-reviewed sources to help support your ideas. You can get these sources from the UOP Library.
Review your essay for to make sure the grammar and mechanics are correct.
Format your assignment according to APA guidelines. Check your formatting against the APA Sample paper in the Center for Writing Excellence.
Pay attention to the Rubric
Save your file like this: yourfirstnameroughdraft.
Submit your paper to the Assignment Files tab.
Rubric
Focus
Possible Points
You Scored
Comments
Content
Title
0.5
Introduction
0.5
Thesis
0.5
First Main Point
2.0
Second Main Point
2.0
Third Main Point
2.0
Conclusions
0.5
Peer-Reviewed Sources
0.7
Content Total
8.7
Writing Qualities
Word Count
0.3
Effective Sentences
0.4
Clear, Concise Language
0.4
Grammar
0.4
Mechanics
0.4
APA
0.4
–Title Page
0.3
–Headings
0.3
–All Other APA Issues
0.4
Total/Writing Qualities
3.3
Total for Assignment
12.0