1. Building Paper 2 The Play-Doh Method

2. Start by doing some research
Who is Kendra Okonski?
What is The New Atlantis? Who reads it?
What was going on in Spring 2009 about global resources and the environment?
THIS GIVES YOU THE CONTEXT FOR HER PITCH so you can understand her point of view, audience, and purpose

3. Now go around the circle…

4. Put the raw materials from the circle through the Nosich Play-Doh Extruder
Apply each standard
Use the questions on p. 163 to develop STATEMENTS
Come up with the E, E-I, and T to develop each statement
Decide which are the best ones to use

5. Now put that together into an essay
WA ch. 8 talks about using the evidence
WA ch. 9 talks about making a thesis evolve
WA ch. 10 talks about organizing the paper

6. But don’t get complacent…
Don’t fall back on writing enculturated WRIT 101 “argument paper”; remember this is a different rubric!
Show your work—use names of elements, FBIS, standards, SEE-IT

7. The outcome for paper 2: What you want is not a Play-Doh disaster….
What you want is something that shows your new and improved thinking: