Subject: How to Make an Easy A on IP2
Below are assignment instructions for Unit 2 IP. We will be covering Unit 2 IP in this week’s chats. Please
see the attached model response. If your Unit 2 IP looks exactly like the one attached, you should make
an easy A.
As I mentioned in this week's Chat #1, you must do the DB first.
David
Dtaylor23@aiuonline.edu
ATTACHMENT: Unit 2 IP Model Response
Unit 2 IP Instructions
During this unit (Unit 2) you will begin a research paper. You may continue
with the topic you wrote about in Unit 1 or you may choose a new topic. For
this IP2, you must find five (5) sources from the AIU library related to your
topic. Finally, you write a preliminary thesis and outline for your research
paper after reading your sources.
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Submit your sources, thesis and outline at the end of Unit 2.
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Submit the research paper in its final form at the end of Unit 3.
Regardless of the topic that you choose, you should write an argument
paper (McWhorter, Chapter 17, p. 589). For an argument paper, your thesis
must state your opinion about some aspect of this topic.
After stating your opinion in your thesis (usually the last sentence of the
introduction), the remainder of your paper should present at least three
main points to defend your opinion. These main points must be supported by
experts found in the AIU library as well as your own judgments and
experience.
DUE FOR UNIT 2 IP:
Sentence outline (thesis statement + 3 topic sentences) for your
research paper
1-2 paragraphs discussing why you chose this topic
A list of 5 articles (in APA citation style) from the AIU library to
support your position on your topic
IMPORTANT NOTE: To format your citations in APA style, please use the Bedford
Bibliographer, which can be found at:
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/rewriting/rcBB.html
In addition, here are two videos which teach you how to use the Bedford
Bibliographer:
http://polaris.umuc.edu/ewc/ewc-p1/ewc-p1.html
http://polaris.umuc.edu/ewc/ewc-p2/ewc-p2.html
Sample Sentence Outline:
Topic: Gun control laws
Thesis: Stricter gun control laws will not reduce crime any better than current gun control
laws.
Body paragraph topic sentence (1) First, stricter gun control laws will not reduce crime
because current gun control laws are not effectively enforced.
Body paragraph topic sentence (2) Second, stricter gun control laws will not reduce crime
because gun control eliminates our right of self-defense, leaving the public vulnerable to other
types of crime.
Body paragraph topic sentence (3) Third, stricter gun control laws will not reduce crime
because these laws do not target the real causes of gun violence: the criminal nature of the
people who carry out these acts of violence.