Requirements for a “C” paper: Must meet 19 page minimum, must be completely free of MLA formatting errors, must include comprehensive Works Cited, topic must be related to content in the novel The Jungle and a food related topic approved through proposal, writing must be mostly free from grammatical errors.
What is this assignment?
This is the big bad voodoo paper. This is the whole class. The entire class is to develop an argumentative paper that uses academic source material related to the novel that I assigned and to a reading list that you choose that supports your topic. The only parameters on the topic you select require you to consider three things:
1) How is this related to what you read in the novel?
2) In what way is this topic related to the wide topic of food?
3) What is the scope and specificity of the argument you are making? In order to be successful you need to be extremely specific about your argument and your topic.
You get to choose your own topic – and you do not have to explicitly use the novel in class for the conference paper itself. In your presentation, you should spend a minute to discuss the connection between the novel and your topic.