Mastery Assignment #3 Your essay is formatted correctly using MLA formatting guidelines. You must include a correctly formatted works cited page. Your essay should contain no (or very few) errors in spelling, grammar, or punctuation.Your essay must contain correctly formatted in-text citations. Your essay must contain a clear thesis statement that informs the reader of your topic. If your essay contains excessive errors spelling, grammar, punctuation or does not follow MLA formatting guidelines, it will be returned to you to revise before it will be graded. Before submitting this assignment, ask someone you trust to proofread your work. Please review the rubric which will be used to grade your assignment. In order to show “Mastery” of this skill, you must earn a score of 2 or higher. If you do not earn a 2 or higher, you will have the opportunity to revise and resubmit your essay. Here is the essay prompt: Explain Darrin McMahon’s argument in his op-ed piece “In Pursuit of Unhappiness.” Discuss the ways in which you agree or disagree with his views. Support your position by providing reasons and examples from the article as well as your own observations experiences. You must include at least three pieces of direct evidence from the article AND share your own personal experience/observations on this topic. Your essay should be between one-two pages in length and be typed using MLA format. Before you submit your assignment, make sure you have included these elements: You have identified McMahon’s argument. McMahon is making a clear statement about happiness and the effectiveness of “trying” to be happy. What exactly is he saying about this?Once you have identified McMahon’s argument about pursing happiness, you must state whether you agree or disagree. Your thesis statement is a great place to do this. For example: “Based on the information in the article and my own experinces, I agree/disagree with McMahon’s argument that______________________________________________________________.Make sure you have included a minimum of three pieces of direct evidence from the article and that it is cited correctly. McMahon uses lots of expert opinions in this article, so make sure you are giving credit to the correct person when using their words.Don’t forget to include your own observations or experiences on the topic. Think about times in your own life when you have felt genuinely happy. Was it because you were “trying” to be happy, or was it because you were simply doing something that truly brought happiness to your life? What was that thing? What does this tell you?Here is a sample outline for this essay:Introduction: Discuss the topic of happiness, what role being “happy” plays in our lives. How do we, as Americans, find happiness? These are just some ideas. Introduce the title of the article you will be discussing and the author’s full name. End with a thesis statement that describes McMahon’s argument and whether or not you agree with it. Body Paragraphs #1 and #2 – How does McMahon try to convince the reader to agree with his argument on the pursuit of happiness? What information does he provide that supports this argument? Does he use historical data, facts, statistics, expert opinions? How does including this information help support his argument? There is plenty of information in this article to write two solid paragraphs on how McMahon supports his argument. Body Paragraph #3 – Share your own personal experiences with finding happiness. This is where you can clearly explain why you either agree or disagree with McMahon and WHY you feel that way. Conclusion – Restate McMahon’s argument (using slightly different language). This would be a good time to provide any particular insight the article may have brought to your attention or to the attention of other readers. Does McMahon’s argument make you or other readers think differently about how to be happy?
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