Unit 3: Assignment #1

• To appreciate why learning to write clearly and analytically is important, read Aims's (no date) article, "Why Learning How to Write an Analytical Essay Is Important."

https://online225.psych.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/225-Master/225-UnitPages/Unit-03/Aims_Why_NoDate.pdf

• To prepare for watching Professor Gernsbacher's lecture video, read the first essay in thispacket of five-paragraph essays.https://online225.psych.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/225-Master/225-UnitPages/Unit-03/PSY-225_FiveParagraphTheme_Examples.pdf (The first essay is on the first page of the packet, and it's the essay about the Five-Paragraph Model.)
• To learn the Five-Paragraph Model, watch Professor Gernsbacher's lecture video, "The Five-Paragraph Model."https://vimeo.com/221688073 (A transcript of the video is availablehere.)https://online225.psych.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/225-Master/225-UnitPages/Unit-03/PSY-225_Gernsbacher_FiveParagraph_Transcript.pdf Be sure to learn from the lecture video all the following:
  • First, a Thesis Statement is ONE statement that captures the essay's main argument and ALL THREE reasons or examples that support that argument. Therefore, when you identify a Thesis Statement (or write your own Thesis Statement), make sure it's ONE SENTENCE that captures the essay's main argument AND all three of the essay's supporting reasons or examples.
  • Second, a Re-stated Thesis Statement is ONE statement that summarizes the essay's main argument and ALL THREE reasons or examples that support that argument. Therefore, when you identify a Re-stated Thesis Statement (or write your own Re-stated Thesis Statement), make sure it's ONE SENTENCE that summarizes the essay's main argument and all three of the essay's supporting reasons or examples.
  • Third, Supporting Reasons support the essay's thesis through explanation or justification.
  • Fourth, Supporting Examples support the essay's thesis through illustration. As the dictionary tells us, "an example of something is a particular situation, object, or person that illustrates how what is being claimed is true."
• To ensure your understanding of the Five-Paragraph Model, outline each of the seven essays in thepacket of five-paragraph essays https://online225.psych.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/225-Master/225-UnitPages/Unit-03/PSY-225_FiveParagraphTheme_Examples.pdf (including the essay Professor Gernsbacher outlined in her lecture video). Outline each of the seven essays (from the packet) in the way that Professor Gernsbacher outlined the first essay in her lecture video, usingthis unfilled but fillable PDF. https://online225.psych.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/225-Master/225-UnitPages/Unit-03/PSY-225_Gernsbacher_FiveParagraph_Fillable.pdf
• Remember that a Thesis Statement is ONE SENTENCE that captures the essay's main argument AND all three of the essay's supporting reasons or supporting examples.
  • For each of the essay's three Reasons or three Examples, you do NOT need to copy and paste verbatim sentences. But you do need to capture the gist of each Reason or Example.
  • For each of the essay's Re-stated Thesis Statements, you do need to copy and paste into the fillable PDF the verbatim sentence that is that essay's Re-stated Thesis Statement.
    • Remember that a Re-stated Thesis Statement is ONE SENTENCE that summarizes the essay's main argument and all three of the essay's supporting reasons or supporting examples.