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You will submit a project that includes a demonstrated prewriting technique, a topic sentence outline, and a draft essay that resulted from your prewriting and outline. Completing this assignment is part of a final capstone paper which will be submitted during Unit 5.

Specifically, you will complete the following:

Select a topic question from the topic list.

Topic List-

- Are cell phones dangerous?
- Do cell phones create a barrier to social connections?
- Does a public school's enforcement of school uniforms limit freedom of expression?
- Are students being tested too much?
- Can school violence be controlled with law enforcement cameras?
- Does class size affect learning outcomes?
- Are law enforcement cameras an invasion of privacy?
- Are the various technological advancements in health care from individuals researching their own symptoms on the Internet to the extensive use of medical tests in diagnosis causing a gap in personal patient care? Why or why not?
- Is Web access to medical diagnoses and prescriptions creating unsafe medical practices?
- Do states that legalize marijuana cause conflict with nonlegalized states?
- Can digital art be considered fine art?
- Are new digital applications negatively affecting artists, designers, and photographers?
- Are actors and professional athletes paid too much?
- Are personal Web pages now obsolete?
- Is social media negatively or positively affecting professional writers and journalists?
- What are the consequences of corporations legally conducting unethical practices?
- Are tattoos appropriate in the workplace?

Identify and use at least 1 invention or prewriting strategy (mind mapping, brainstorming, listing, freewriting, etc.).

Develop a thesis statement and 3 strong supporting subtopics.

Create a topic sentence outline (scheme strategy).

Prepare a first-draft essay.

Note: Your submission should be double-spaced with 12 point font and 1" margins and include your prewriting, outline, and 500-word-minimum first-draft essay.

Please see Figure 2.3 below from page 33 of your textbook for an outline example.

Outline

Intro: start with anecdote about the glass ceiling

Thesis: Today's Americans may believe that we have diverse workplaces, but sadly this is far from the truth.

History of racial divides in the workplace

Office jobs
Labor

Skilled vs. unskilled laborers
Industrial laborers

Skills and education

Advances
Laws

Affirmative action process

Recent cases

News reports
Case study

Conclusion