My topic is on “Mental Illness” and the main points are “Types of mental illness”, “symptoms”, “cure”, and “the effects to society.” Choose a topic and provide information and research for it.

Choose a topic that you have enough interest in to write about for each of your Essays in some form. This can be a series or genre you love, From a book series to TV series, movie series, or video game series Or a genre like food shows about visiting restaurants, cooking challenges, or recipe shows. A sport or important figure, Whether it’s something well known like football or basketball, or even more niche sports like archery or curling. Maybe there’s someone whose life has inspired your or mystified you. Or even something more personal (though keep in mind that research and sources are always required for essays). You could discuss your hobbies, your job, or your personal projects. Are you writing a book or participating in a Dungeons & Dragons campaign? You can write about those too! The characters, the theme, the plot, any of it! Your D&D character, the world you play in, the campaign thus far! With your topic chosen, consider how you would describe it to those with no knowledge of the subject. You’ll be sharing your topic with the class in today’s Writing Prompt, and they’ll give you feedback and suggestions on how to progress. Remember that trying to cover every detail is an insurmountable challenge for this kind of Essay. Stay general, except in places of key importance. If you are describing the Book Series, Harry Potter, then mentioning that the main character has two best friends named Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger is completely fine! Listing all the teachers and spells is too much. Try to focus on just a few main points that give the best overall picture. While not going into too much depth, a detail or two for each point to highlight that point is a good practice. Requirements 1,000+ words, not including heading, work cited page, and feedback process. Double spaced, Times New Roman 12 pt font. As Grammatically and Mechanically correct as possible. 2+ quotes or summations per source. 2+ sources Describes your topic in a well organized and presented fashion. Properly formatted work cited page. Feedback Process following the work cited page, describes how you used the feedback discussion, rough draft comments, and peer review to revise your essay. Grade Breakdown Annotated Bibliography - 10/100 Sources meet requirements, 5/10 Annotations provide useful level of detail, 5/10 Annotated Bibliography is not in the hanging indent format, -1 penalty Preparations 10/100 Prompt & Introduction 5/10 Discussion Board & Feedback 5/10 Rough Draft - 10/100 Signs of source use, 5/10 Draft meets prompt requirements and length shows effort, 5/10 Peer Review - 20/100 Performed a beneficial review and received a review, 5/20 Second review performed and received, 5/20 Third review performed and received, 10/20 Additional reviews performed and received, +5 bonus each Essay 50/100 Length 5/50 Drastically too short, additional penalties Content 10/50 Off topic, additional penalties Proper Source Use 10/50 Complete lack of sources, additional -5 penalty Rough Draft & Peer Review Followthrough 10/50 If unchanged from an incomplete Rough Draft, the essay will receive the same NUMERICAL grade as the rough draft. 10/10 becomes 10/50 Grammar & Mechanics 10/50 Clearly unrevised, additional penalties Feedback Process 5/50 Missing, additional -5 penalty