Do the following steps in order

Pick a topic from the list assigned for your class.
Carefully read the prompt provided for that topic, and get ready to do exactly what this prompt says.
Read only as much other stuff as directed in the prompt.
Stop doing research when you have arguments on two opposing sides of the issue, or whatever it is the prompt says to research.
Make notes on everything important in the materials you have.
Clarify definitions, note any agreed facts, identify any evidence (or whatever the prompt says to do - 10/25).
If you can, figure out which side has burden of proof. (I'll explain this later in this page.)
Do what you can to logically analyze the various arguments.
Try to answer the specific question in the prompt, or otherwise come to some kind of overall conclusion about the issue.
When you have stopped making progress (or run out of time), stop analyzing.
Based on your analysis, figure out all the various things you currently think about this issue. (Even if this is just a bunch of questions.)
In particular, think about the logical implications of the evidence in this issue.
Figure your deepest overall current thoughts about this topic, even if it's just questions, or thoughts about things you still need to figure out.
Come to the best overall current thought or set of thoughts ("orimiskepsi") you can manage at the moment.
If you have a thesis, write down your thesis as the first sentence in your paper. (Introductions are prohibited for this assignment.)
Or you can first write your "takeaway", which is your most insightful question or best overall impression of this topic at this time

Add on whatever is needed to make your meaning crystal clear and unambiguous, even if this takes a couple paragraphs, or even a page or two.
Start a new paragraph in which you do your best to explain why you think whatever it is that you think.
If there's an opposing view that you've already thought about, describe it, and say what's logically wrong with the argument supporting that view.
Write more paragraphs explaining your other thoughts, in whatever order makes most sense to you.
Read over your paper to make sure it says all the things you think as clearly and completely as you can manage.
When you have accurately described every significant thought you have about your topic, stop writing.
Your paper is finished, and may be submitted through Turnitin.com (Make sure you click "confirm" on the page that pops up after submittal.)
(FYI: In Turnitin, the word "submit" does not mean "submit". It means "begin a two-step process that will later allow you to submit your paper".)
(FYI: The instructions for the second paper will be given in a comment on your first paper in turnitin.com.)

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