Paper #1: Expository writing to inform
Draft for peer review DUE: at class time, Wed Sept 19th by class time.
Points deducted from final paper if peer review is missing. Points awarded for participation

Final Paper DUE: Sunday, Sep 23 by midnight. Upload to SafeAssign
Length: 3 – 3 ½ pages

Format: Standard MLA or Letter format: Use the appropriate format for your chosen purpose.

The Prompt: 1. You have an acquaintance coming to the Dallas area on vacation and you have been asked to provide advice on what to do and visit while he/she is here for three or four days. Your purpose is to explain attractions in Dallas that a 3 – 4 day visitor might consider. Write your paper as a short essay that gives the traveler good information about the city. Write so that the essay might be published on a travel blog. Use and cite correctly at least one source from the possibilities posted by Dr. Coder, our librarian.

You may use any of the modes of development discussed in the first weeks of class. You may need to use several of the techniques to accomplish your task.

How the paper will be evaluated…Consider each on a five-point scale
1. Does the paper have a clear purpose in the form of a thesis statement in the introduction paragraph?
2. Does the introduction make an attempt to hook the readers’ interest?
3. Does each paragraph have a transition device, (a word or short phrase) to indicate the logical organization of the paper and lead into the topic sentence?
4. Does the writer make a good effort to employ the rules of style?
5. Does the writer develop each paragraph carefully, fully and effectively to appeal to reader’s interest?
6. And does the writer show command of the methods of development?
7. Is the paper carefully edited for grammar, mechanics, and spelling? Errors should be reduced to only a few and they should not be