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Question: Prepare: Complete Reading and Learning Activities to prepare for success in the Discussion Board

Preview the academic essay Assignment details.

Generate a list of changes in your field of study. Select the one change you think is most relevant to write about and that you know something about.

The Discussion Board activities in Units 5 and 6 will help you in your writing process.

Post: Write and post your initial Discussion Board post

Review your prewriting activity in the Learning Activities assignment. Based upon what you wrote there, identify a possible topic that you plan to write on for your academic essay and explain briefly why you have chosen this focus. This is a preliminary idea so you may end up changing your focus based on feedback from your classmates, but starting to plan for your Assignment can help you manage your time in the next few weeks.

Then, post a preliminary thesis for that topic, applying what you learned about strong thesis statements in the Reading and Learning Activities, along with an informal outline that identifies at least two to three supporting details. Remember that the more detailed your outline is, the stronger your plan for success in the academic essay will be.

Include an open-ended question about any issue your initial post raises which your classmates can help you with.

Developing a detailed and in-depth outline on the Discussion Board will greatly help you when you begin drafting in Unit 6. Be sure to take to extra time this week to develop a strong base for your Unit 6 Assignment.

Initial post should:

• demonstrate effectively developed paragraphs

• be on topic

• be original

• contribute to the quality of the discussion

• make frequent and informed references to the unit concepts

Find out how to write successful posts by reviewing the Discussion Rubric.

Review a sample student Discussion Board post.