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Considering what you have learned through your research, why do you believe the author’s discussion is timely, noteworthy, and/or important?

Link for the article has to be use for this paper. I meant the paper is based on this article. the essay should be about this article with using the sources i listed down. the paper has three parts one page for Part A, one page for part B and 3 pages for part C the title of the article is The obesity era

As the American people got fatter, so did marmosets, vervet monkeys

and mice. The problem may be bigger than any of us

by David Berreby http://knowplexity.com/ecopedia/David%20Berreby%20%E2%80%93%20The%20obesity%20era.pdf Part A

Developing an Evaluative Annotated Bibliography (4 pieces)=conversation the article joins.

· End with a short summary (1 paragraph) that describes the conversation the article joins: what do these pieces have in common?

1. Annotated Bib style is up to the student: MLA

2. End with a short summary: what do these pieces have in common? Describe the conversation your article joins (1-2 well-developed pargraphs).

Part B

1. Prework: Research and then briefly describe 2-3 events or social or cultural developments that may inspire this article.

2. In a short essay, respond to the following question:

Why might these events and/or developments have influenced the author to write this piece? (1 page)

Part C

In a 3-page essay, answer the following question:

Considering what you have learned through your research, why do you believe the author’s discussion is timely, noteworthy, and/or important?

• The writer must include a Works Cited. References, or Bibliography containing at least 3 secondary sources other than the primary article.

• In addition, the writer must include at least 3 references to 3 different sources listed in the Works Cited, References, or Bibliography.

• At least one of these references must be incorporated in a block quotation.

SCORING SHEET FOR WRITING PROFICIENCY COURSE:

Kairos Essay

Focus and Articulation of Article’s Importance:

1.________ fails to clearly establish the timeliness, noteworthiness, and/or academic importance of the

primary author’s discussion.

2. ________ fails to specifically develop that sense of importance throughout the essay.

3. ________ fails to effectively integrate secondary sources in the development of the essay’s argument.

(**Note to assessors: because portfolio evaluation is a holistic process, any essay receiving “NC” must include at least one deficiency from above this line.)

Writing Skills

The Essay

4. ________ does not appropriately introduce the reader to the main idea.

5. ________ does not include final paragraph(s) that provide(s) closure consistent with the main idea.

6. ________ does not meet required page length through idea development.

7. ________ does not include a correctly incorporated block quotation.

8. _______ does not include a correctly cited References, Works Cited, or other reputably formatted

bibliographic list.

9. _______ does not integrate into the essay at least 3 secondary sources other than the primary article.

10. ______ does not include at least 3 in-text references from 3 sources documented in the bibliography.

Its paragraphs

11. _______ do not use content which consistently supports the thesis.

12. _______ do not consistently signal new ideas, sub-ideas, or emphases.

13. _______ do not consistently maintain relationships or connections between the ideas they develop.

14. ______ are not sufficiently developed.