Assignment
Suggested Resources
Length
Due Date
Advice
Two Argument Thesis Marking Scheme
Three Argument Thesis Marking Scheme
Citation Guide
The student will analyze a bill which is currently being examined within our Federal Parliament. The student should first attempt to understand how this bill reflects our society’s goals, values, or objectives. The student will then prepare a formal essay which argues:
Magazines such as:
are also likely to be good resources.
Naturally, the Internet remains the most convenient resource, with volumes of detailed information on current legislation to be found at our official Parliamentary web site.
Some excellent resources on this site are:
Students who might wish to get some ideas on how to prepare a report can examine a wide variety of research reports from Corrections Canada.
The paper is to be no less than 500 words, and no more than 550 words in length. (Penalties will be given to papers which fail to abide by these parameters.)
Please refer to the 4U Law Evaluation Summary for the due date associated with this assignment.
If you feel that circumstances beyond your ability to control, or to prepare for, will prevent you from completing this assignment by the specified due date, then you are invited to complete and submit an extension application for approval by the course instructor. Completing and submitting this application is the only accepted means of obtaining an extension in this course.
Advice
The best general advice I can give about writing a good essay is this:
make your overall argument a simple one, but prove every point upon which
your argument is based! (A personal opinion is not considered a reasonable thesis.)
Assume that you are writing for a very critical reader who is motivated
to find a weakness in your argument. A good thesis should be like an
iceberg (only 1/8th of an iceberg sticks out of the water), with a very
small argument positioned at the top of a great deal of supporting
evidence. For more detailed advice on how to write an effective thesis, please
view the PowerPoint entitled Writing an Effective Thesis structure.
In the end, you cannot simply ask the reader to accept your argument. You must prove your argument!
As a motivational tactic, try writing your essay so that you will be able to place the following
icons at the bottom of your title page. These will indicate to me that you have made every
effort to present a serious, well-supported argument.
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