Assignment:Texas Legislature Sessions and the State of Texas Minimum Wage
Review the- "A Full-Time or Part-Time Legislature?"
-Read "Background of the Issue: "Should the Federal Minimum Wage Be Increased?" on ProCon.com.
-These are the two sets of critical response questions:
1. Do you support or oppose the Texas Legislature changing its regular sessions from biennial, part-time sessions to annual, full-time session? Why or why not?"
2. Do you support or oppose the State of Texas raising the state minimum wage from $7.25 to $15 per hour? Why or why not?
-Provide a response to each of the two set of questions with three reasons at least 500 words of analysis. Your total response to both questions must therefore consist of at least 1,000 words of analysis.
Government 2306 Critical Response Essay Writing Assignments
-This is a college-sophomore-level course in which you are required to submit four critical response essays befitting of a second-year-college class.
-The purpose of our class critical response essays is for you to improve your ability to analyze public policy and political topics while improving your college-level writing.
Format:
-Do not use a title page.
-Provide a heading atop the first page with four double-spaced lines containing on line one your first and last name; on line two "Professor Michael A. Kelley"; on line three "Government 2306"; and on line four the month, day, and year you submit your writing assignment. In your heading the first line should be one inch from the top of the first page and all four lines should be flush with the left margin.
-Center the title of the assignment two spaces below the fourth line of your heading.
-Two spaces below the title and flush with the left margin write verbatim the critical response questions posed for analysis.
-Two spaces below the restated questions posed for analysis begin your first paragraph with the first line indented one-half inch (five spaces) from the left margin.
-Use one-inch margins at the top, bottom, and sides of each of your pages.
-Use 12-point Times New Roman font for all of your writing.
-Double space all lines including the lines between paragraphs.
-Indent the first words of a paragraph one-half inch (five spaces) from the left margin and use double spacing between paragraphs.
-Insert page numbers centered in the footer that consist of a cardinal number.
-Save and submit your assignment with the document named with your first name, a space, your last name, a space, "Writing Assignment," a space, then the writing assignment number.
-Save and submit your assignment in the rich text format (.rtf).
-Organize your thoughts and ideas into paragraphs that consist of 3 to 5 paragraphs.