Students need LEGITIMATE AUTHENTIC SOURCES to support their thesis in essays and research reports. Especially for argumentative and persuasive essays that focus on emotional and intellectual appeal. Many topics include issues such as "animal cruelty" and "climate change". This is an original article written by a blogger in an Animal Cruelty Magazine My-Pet-Story.com that I own the copyrights to. Critical literacy along with essay writing involves asking questions and challenging the status quo, and leads students to look at issues of power and justice in society. Researching and analyzing secondary sources empowers students by enabling them to formulate strong arguments and speak out about issues that strongly affect them. To develop their media literacy skills, students should have opportunities to view, analyse, and discuss a wide variety of media texts and relate them to their own experience. Teachers should make students aware that images, print materials, music, or video clips used in connection with tasks and assignments may be subject to copyright, and the appropriate releases should be obtained prior to use. This applies to items downloaded from the Internet as well and sources should be cited at all times. Evaluation categories ( deciphering information , implementing sources within their work , MLA format): THINKING processes (e.g., oral discourse, research, critical analysis, critical literacy, metacognition, creative process) 50–59% (Level 1) uses critical/creative thinking processes with limited effectiveness 60–69% (Level 2) uses critical/creative thinking processes with some effectiveness 70–79% (Level 3) uses critical/creative thinking processes with considerable effectiveness 80–100% (Level 4) uses critical/creative thinking processes with a high degree of effectiveness Communication – The conveying of meaning through various forms (e.g., clear expression, logical organization in oral, graphic, and written forms, including media forms as well as audience and purpose) 50–59% (Level 1) expresses and organizes ideas and information with limited effectiveness 60–69% (Level 2) expresses and organizes ideas and information with some effectiveness 70–79% (Level 3) expresses and organizes ideas and information with considerable effectiveness 80–100% (Level 4) expresses and organizes ideas and information with a high degree of effectiveness

When it comes to essays students seem to hit a snag on interesting, authentic scholarly primary and secondary sources. I just added some samples that you could share with them on animal cruelty. Beautifully Blinded – The Ugly Secret of the Beauty Industry By E. Caracciolo, January 2017, My-Pet-Story.com Whether conducting research in the social sciences, humanities (especially history), arts, or natural sciences, the ability to distinguish between primary and secondary source material is essential. Basically, this distinction illustrates the degree to which the author of a piece is removed from the actual event being described, informing the reader as to whether the author is reporting impressions first hand (or is first to record these immediately following an event), or conveying the experiences and opinions of others—that is, second hand.

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