• Use the paragraph writing skills we’ve been practicing!
• Journals should be 500-600 words.
• Paraphrase!
  • You’ll need to pull out important details and put them in your own words.
  • This means no copying (because that’s plagiarism)! Use your own words.
• Four well chosen quotes from the article “Brainology” and the book chapter “Hope”
  • Choose four, important and impactful quotes. It can’t be any-old-sentence. They need to be just the right pieces of evidence.
  • Remember, quotes can be half a sentence or even one word! Since you have limited space, now is the time to use short quotes.
• A works cited page! You’ll need to include a works cited page with a proper citation for Dweck and Duckworth
• Use MLA Format
  • If you’re not sure how to do MLA format, Purdue University’s Online Writing Lab has a great example paper, OWL MLA Sample Paper (Links to an external site.).
• Submit your document in PDF format. Not sure how to save your document as PDF? Google it, ask a classmate, drop by office hours. Try to use your resources to find the answers you need.

Suggested Structure:

As you might guess, you two texts probably requires two paragraphs for this assignment.

Here’s a suggested structure:

• overarching Main idea for both paragraphs, meaning a statement that answers the question posed in the prompt. Something like: In her article, “Brainology,” Carol Dweck presents interesting arguments about growth and fixed mindset that Angela Duckworth builds from in the book Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance. While Duckworth’s text borrows from Dweck, important differences between the two theorists need to be highlighted.
• Main idea for the first paragraph, which addresses a discussion of Dweck’s article, “Brainology.” Something like: “Brainology” largely discusses Dweck’s theories about growth and fixed mindsets as a way of helping students overcome challenges during their education including socioeconomic differences and stereotypes about different minority groups.
  • Evidence, a important quote from “Brainology”
    • Analysis of the evidence (at least twice as long at the evidence).
      • Link: transition to the next piece of evidence
  • Evidence 2, another important quote from “Brainology”
    • Analysis of the evidence
      • Link: transition to the next piece of evidence
  • Evidence 3
    • Analysis of the evidence
• Link: a concluding sentence that reminds your reader of the paragraph topic and transitions to the next paragraph.

• Main idea for the second paragraph. Something like: Angela Duckworth builds from Carol Dweck’s research on growth and fixed mindsets to settle on the importance of optimistic and pessimistic self-talk as components to her understanding of “hope” and it’s importance in establishing grit.
  • Evidence. A quote from “Hope,” but choose a quote that links to your first quote from Dweck. This link between authors is really important.
    • Analysis: in your analysis link this to Dweck
      • Link: transition to the next piece of evidence
  • Evidence 2. Another quote from “Hope” that links to the second quote from “Brainology.”
    • Analysis: in your analysis link this to Dweck
  • Link: transition from similarities to differences: Having discussed some similarities between the two text, I must also point out an area of contrast.
  • Evidence 3.
    • Analysis
• Link: a concluding sentence that reminds your reader of the paragraph topic and transitions to the next paragraph.
• Link: a concluding sentence that reminds your reader of the overarching Main idea for both paragraphs.