By Thursday night, write a paragraph using most of the material.
1. Start by deciding on a topic sentence, which should state an argumentative point that allows you to use most of the material.
2. Remember, you are developing your own main idea and the arguments that support it. Don't just paraphrase or quote the authors' ideas.
3. Integrate the source material into the structure of your own arguments. Use a source as evidence after you have developed a given argument. In other words, downshift.
4. You'll also have to decide what not to use. One or more of the passages is/are clearly inappropriate to use. We'll have to make some difficult decisions when we discuss your paragraphs in class on Friday.
