Leadership Writing Assignment for Module Six

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Leadership Writing Assignment for Module Six

Preparing for the Writing Assignment for Module Six

For strong papers, be sure to include an introduction that has a clear focus with background information on the topic and an argument sentence that includes (1) the titles of some of the readings in the chapter and (2) specific claims that can be supported with evidence. Lead into your argument by providing some background information or details that narrow the focus to your claims. For background information for this academic paper, use articles from the university library databases (collections of articles).

Body paragraphs should each have a structural main idea statement that connects to one of the claims given in the argument sentence. Following that structural element, provide specific evidence (not personal opinions) and follow each piece of evidence with your own words to interpret and to connect the evidence to your argument.

The conclusion should be based on evidence presented within the argument essay.

Be sure to use MLA documentation standards, to use third person objective consistently (omitting references to yourself with “I” or the reader of your paper as “you,” and to edit carefully for spelling, complete sentences, and continuity of focus.

Writing Assignment

Consider the examples of leadership you have read about in this module, from the prominent public and nationwide leadership of John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Abraham Lincoln to the challenges of personal leadership experienced by Robert in Carver’s “Cathedral” or Lt. Jimmy Cross in O’Brien’s “The Things They Carried.”

Now imagine you’ve been asked to host a leadership workshop for your workplace, division, or community group. How would you use the examples of leadership shown in this chapter to teach your audience or to illustrate key points of your presentation? What other examples–whether modern or historical, real or imagined–would you use? How would those examples further emphasize what you teach your audience?

Readings

  • Tim O’Brien, “The Things They Carried”
  • Raymond Carver, “Cathedral”
  • Langston Hughes, “Democracy”
  • Linda Pastan, “Ethics”
  • John F. Kennedy, “Inaugural Address, January 20, 1961”
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., “I Have a Dream”
  • Abraham Lincoln, “Second Inaugural Address, March 4th, 1865”