Instructions Assignment 2 + Presentation

1. Instructions for
Assignment # 2
ENG101, SECTION 7

2. The following details relate to your second assignment:
For your second assignment, you must write a 5 paragraph argumentative
essay.
The essay should be based on the same structure that you learned in weeks 7
and 8.
The essay must be submitted on Blackboard.
If you want detailed feedback, you must upload an MS Word document to
Blackboard. If you directly input text, you will still receive a grade, but
Blackboard won’t allow instructors to insert comments into your assignment.
The deadline/due date for submitting the assignment is Friday, February 1, at
11:59pm
If students submit their assignments after the time mentioned above, they will
lose 10% for every day late.
If plagiarism is discovered in a student’s essay, that student will receive a grade
of ‘0’ for the assignment.

3. The following details relate to your second assignment:
Your essay must be between 420 – 500 words in length.
Presentations will take place on the same week (28 and 31 of February during
class)
Each presentation should take at least 10 min.
If students are absent for the day of their presentation, they will not have a
second day to present and they will get 0 for the presentation.

4. Topic Areas Example Issues
Marriage & Family
 Working moms vs. stay-at-home moms
 Rising divorce rates/starter marriages
 Kids/no kids debate
Society
 Freedom of speech/internet commenting
 Celebrity culture
 Spirituality vs. religion
Humanities
 Multilingualism vs. monolingualism
 Importance of art/design in daily life
 Relevance/influence of music/fashion
Health
 Popularity of yoga/meditation
 Bullying/depression/suicide
 Most/least healthy/happy countries