Topic: For this essay, you will write a focused argument on your assigned topic. By focused I mean NO STATEMENTS OF INTENT (In this essay I will¦ or This essay discusses¦)! You must assert a point/idea/stance in the thesis statement, which will come at the end of your introduction.

The rules:
¢ You must have ONLY four or five body paragraphs (for a total of six or seven paragraphs). Focus your thesis in a way that allows you to exhaust your point in that much space.
¢ You must reference each of THREE of your sources as a quote and as a paraphrase in the essay. Note that you are arguing a point and NOT simply summarizing the sources (you already did that in the Annotated Bib), so you cannot simply dedicate one paragraph to each source.
¢ Your topic sentences must reflect aspects of your argument.
¢ You must use proper APA signal phrases and in-text citation, and you must include a References page at the end of the essay that includes the three sources youve used in the essay.

When I grade the final draft, Ill particularly note the following:
¢ The quality of your thesis and topic sentences and whether youve used them to build the essay,
¢ Your success incorporating the outside sources (both the quality of the quotes/paraphrases and the correctness of your APA),
¢ How well you have invited a reader into your topic in the introduction and how well you have left your reader thinking in the conclusion,
¢ Your mastery of Standard Written English (yep–the grammar stuff).

I decided that my topic is “Healthiest kind of exercise to do because of Covid-19”