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Science Essay Reflection Guide

This document provides the instructions for Homework Assignment #3 for the course 21W.777 The Science Essay at MIT. Students are asked to write a 500-word essay in response to one of the readings from the course so far. They can explore, analyze, or argue a perspective on an idea from the readings. The goal is for students to reflect on concepts from the readings rather than analyze the texts themselves. Students should follow a specific format for their assignments, including providing their name, date, assignment title, instructor name, and draft number. The format also specifies font size, spacing, indentation, and margins.

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Science Essay Reflection Guide

This document provides the instructions for Homework Assignment #3 for the course 21W.777 The Science Essay at MIT. Students are asked to write a 500-word essay in response to one of the readings from the course so far. They can explore, analyze, or argue a perspective on an idea from the readings. The goal is for students to reflect on concepts from the readings rather than analyze the texts themselves. Students should follow a specific format for their assignments, including providing their name, date, assignment title, instructor name, and draft number. The format also specifies font size, spacing, indentation, and margins.

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21W.777 The Science Essay


Spring 2009

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21W.777 The Science Essay - Spring 2009

Homework #3 Due next class, Th 2/12

ESSAY 1: READING RESPONSE


Write 500 words (2 pages double-spaced) in response to one of our readings thus far. A
single sentence, or the subject of one of the readings, or a couple of readings in relation to
each other might prompt your musings.

Your response can be exploratory, analytical, or persuasive; I encourage you to


incorporate personal experience, memories, and/or work you’ve done or hope to do. In
other words, let this essay take you where it will. Keep in mind, that, as a colleague of
mine puts it, “I am not interested in the first thing your printer spits out”—even a short
essay like this is a shaped piece of writing that takes the reader on a journey, however
brief.

Approach this essay as a warm-up that may suggest ideas for you to pursue later in the
term. I will grade it, but the grade will count only slightly in your final grade. The
primary purpose of the grade will be diagnostic. This essay will not be revised.

NOTE: I am not looking for a literary analysis of one of our readings—rather, I’m looking for
reflection on one or more ideas in our readings thus far. Note, too, that reflection doesn’t
require certainty—good questions can be as valuable to readers as they are to writers.

Format
Please follow this format for all the essays you write for this class:

Name
Date*
Essay 1: Reading Response (assignment)
K. Boiko (Instructor’s name)
1st Draft* (or 2nd Draft, or . . .)
* Remember to change the date and draft number when you revise!

Title Goes Here in Boldface

• Please use regular size fonts—e.g., 12-point Times Roman


• Double-space.
• Indent each paragraph.
• Do not leave extra space between paragraphs (i.e., do not follow the format I use for
assignments).
• For Essay 5 (the long essay) only, use section headings.
• Margins: 1” top and bottom. 1¼” left and right.
• Double-sided printing is encouraged.

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