Erin C. Callahan
Essay 2: Analysis

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is for you to demonstrate your analytical skills by applying them “The Seven-Lesson Schoolteacher”, writing a thesis that communicates your analysis of the essay, and writing a well-developed essay with textual evidence to support your analysis.
Parameters: You will write a minimum of 600 words for your rough draft and a minimum of 750 for your final draft. You will quote from the article and use proper MLA format and citations.
Prewriting (To be completed in class):
1. Homework notes
2. In class discussion
3. In class journal entries
4. Double-entry journals
5. Outline
Prompt: Answer ONE of the following questions in a well-developed analytical essays:
1. Should schools adjust their classes to account for everyone’s different learning style?
2. Does an educator’s liability for a student’s safety hinder his or her ability to educate the student?
3. Do you agree or disagree with Gatto’s view on how school affects children’s development? Why?
4. How does modern day school teaching compare to Mr.Gatto’s teaching in seven-lessen school teacher?
Your paper should be written and formatted with the MLA style. It should be approximately two and a half pages long (600 words for the rough draft and 750 words for the final draft) and you should also include a Works Cited page.
Save your Essay as: “Last name_First name_Essay #_Title.” E.g. Dent_Stu_Essay 2_Making Mouths.
YOUR PAPER MUST SATISFY THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS:

1. The tone of academic papers is formal. Please do not write in first or second person or use informal language such as slang, text speak, clichés, regionalisms, and colloquialisms.
2. You should have an arguable thesis that states your position clearly. Your position will be your answer to the prompt.
3. You will introduce the essay and author about which you are writing in the introduction.
4. You will support your thesis statement with claims. Those claims must be supported by textual evidence.
5. Your paper will have an introduction that includes the thesis as the last sentence.
6. Your paper will have well-developed and well-organized body paragraphs in which you support your thesis with reasonable claims and support.
7. You will proofread your paper for spelling, grammar, and mechanics errors. Any papers with more than 5 proofreading errors on any page will be returned ungraded and will be penalized as late when resubmitted.
8. Use active verbs. Rather than writing “She is loving the way he speaks to her,” write, “She loves the way he speaks to her.”
9. Make sure your subjects and verbs agree in number and person. Use your Rules for Writers handbook as a guide.
10. Use proper MLA citation. You may use Purdue’s OWL, the MLA Handbook, your handbook, or any reference that does not generate your citations for you.
11. Your paper will be free of all grammatical, mechanical, and syntactical errors, and it will be formatted according to MLA guidelines.
12. Include an original and thought provoking title.
13. Do not write a paper on an analysis we discussed in class.
14. You must have a header with your name, my name, course title, my name and date, and you must include page numbers with your last name in the upper right-hand corner. Your header will appear on the first page only.