First Paper: Draft Due Wednesday, September 16

Call to Action Paper
Draft Due: Wednesday, September 16th
Length: 2 pages
Font: 12pt. New Times Roman, Double Space
Style: MLA

Prompt: In his back to School address, President Obama called on students to set educational goals and to meet these goals. Focusing on the qualities of personal responsibility, goals, and persistence, write your personal plan of action for this school year. In other words, what goals are you setting for yourself this school year and what do you plan to do to meet these goals?

Grading: You will be ranked on a scale of 1-5 in the following items (4 grades):

MLA Usage: Correct header and an attempt at two quotes from Obama's speech

Format: You essay has a beginning, middle, and end with proper paragraphing

Rhetoric: Details introduced were properly clarified

Grammar: Punctuation, word usage, and sentence structure are correct.

Email the paper to lorrieatkinson@gmail.com as a rich text format attachment by the end of lab on 9/16/2009.