How to use this template:
You will use this template throughout all five weeks of this course to complete your article. Please save this document and re-use it for each week’s writing assignment. You will type a portion of your assignment each week but submit the entire document each week. By the end of the course, you will have written the entire article and revised it.
The following instructions will tell you what each font style means:
- Italicized text indicates assignment instructions. This must be deleted from the current week before you submit the current week’s assignment.
- Bold text indicates information or tips that will help guide your writing.
- Indicates where you should stop for the current week’s assignment.
Instructions for Saving and Uploading Completed Assignment
- Download the template when instructed.
- Select Enable Editing at the top of the document.
- Select File, then select Save As from the drop-down menu. Title your document using the following format. Lastname_Firstname_Course# NOTE: YOU WILL USE THIS SAME DOCUMENT ALL FIVE WEEKS.
- Complete the assignment for each week.
- Then upload your assignment by selecting the Upload
- Select your saved file. Then, select the Submit button below to submit your assignment to you instructor for grading
Week 1 Assignment: Creating the Outline
Create your outline for your Facebook article below. Complete ONLY this portion of the template for week 1.
- Draft Thesis Statement: Ensuring privacy and security of electronic health information is a key component to building the trust required to realize the potential benefits of electronic health information exchange.
- Body Paragraphs: The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy and Security Rules protect the privacy and security of individually identifiable health information. Whether the information is on a computer, paper, or other media, you have responsibilities for safeguarding health information. The HIPAA Privacy Rule covers protected health information (PHI) in any medium, while the HIPAA Security Rule covers electronic protected health information (e-PHI). HIPAA Rules have detailed requirements regarding both privacy and security. Your practice, not your electronic health record (EHR) vendor, is responsible for taking the steps needed to comply with HIPAA privacy, security standards, and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS’) Meaningful Use requirements.
- Body Paragraph 1: Ensuring privacy and security of electronic health information is a key component to building the trust required to realize the potential benefits of electronic health information exchange.
- Topic sentence:Privacy and security of health data
- Supporting evidence and ideas
- a) Supporting detail: In general, you may use or disclose protected health information for treatment, payment, and health care operations without obtaining a patient’s written permission. For other purposes, such as marketing, you may need to obtain an individual’s authorization to use or disclose the patient’s protected health information. ) Supporting detail:
c.) Supporting detail: reasons, facts, proof, statistics-TYPE YOUR THIRD SUPPORTING DETAIL HERE
- Concluding sentence: TYPE YOUR CONCLUDING SENTENCE HERE
- Body Paragraph 2: TYPE YOUR SECOND MAIN POINT HERE
- Topic sentence: what is this paragraph about? Be sure to start with a transition (Secondly, additionally, furthermore, etc.) TYPE YOUR TOPIC SENTENCE HERE
- Supporting evidence and ideas
- a) Supporting detail: reasons, facts, proof, statistics-TYPE YOUR FIRST SUPPORTING DETAIL HERE
b.) Supporting detail: reasons, facts, proof, statistics-TYPE YOUR SECOND SUPPORTING DETAIL HERE
c.) Supporting detail: reasons, facts, proof, statistics-TYPE YOUR THIRD SUPPORTING DETAIL HERE
- Concluding sentence: Read up on laws governing the privacy and security of health information. You must comply with all applicable federal, state, and local laws C. Body Paragraph 3: TYPE YOUR THIRD MAIN POINT HERE
- Topic sentence: what is this paragraph about? Be sure to start with a transition (Last, additionally, furthermore, etc.) TYPE YOUR TOPIC SENTENCE HERE
- Supporting evidence and ideas
- a) Supporting detail: reasons, facts, proof, statistics-TYPE YOUR FIRST SUPPORTING DETAIL HERE
b.) Supporting detail: reasons, facts, proof, statistics-TYPE YOUR SECOND SUPPORTING DETAIL HERE
c.) Supporting detail: reasons, facts, proof, statistics-TYPE YOUR THIRD SUPPORTING DETAIL HERE
- Concluding sentence: TYPE YOUR CONCLUDING SENTENCE HERE
III. Restatement of Thesis: RESTATE YOUR DRAFT THESIS STATEMENT (USING DIFFERENT WORDS) HERE
Week 1 Assignment ends here. Submit this entire document to your Week 1 assignment.
Complete this portion for the Week 2 Assignment. Note that it continues onto the next page.
Type here:
Title of Your Paper Goes Here
Your Name Goes Here
Name of Class Goes Here
Name of School Goes Here
Week 2 Assignment: Introduction and Thesis Statement
Write your introduction paragraph, including your thesis statement, below. Complete ONLY this portion of the template for week 2A.
The first sentence is the hook of your essay. It grabs the reader’s attention and makes them want to read more. The next few sentences provide relevant and important background information about your topic. The final sentence in your introduction paragraph is a three-point thesis statement that states your topic and the three main ideas you will be focusing on in the article.
Type your introduction paragraph here:
Week 2 Assignment ends here.Submit this entire document to your Week 2 assignment.
Week 3 Assignment: Creating your body paragraphs
Draft your THREE body paragraphs below. Complete ONLY this portion of the template for week 3 Assignment B.
The first sentence is your topic sentence. Use a transition and state your first main idea from your thesis statement in your introduction paragraph. Now you have to add your supporting details to the paragraph. First, you will include a transition and your first supporting detail from your outline. Elaborate on this detail as necessary. Second, you will include a transition and your second supporting detail from your outline. Elaborate on this detail as necessary. Third, you will include a transition and your last supporting detail from your outline. Elaborate on this detail as necessary. Last, you will use a transition and write a statement that summarizes the points you just mentioned and how they relate to your topic.
Be sure to create all three body paragraphs!
Type your body paragraphs here:
Week 3 Assignment ends here. Submit this entire document to your Week 3 assignment.
Week 4 Assignment: Drafting your Conclusion Paragraph
Draft your conclusion paragraph below. Complete ONLY this portion of the template for the week 4 Assignment.
The first sentence is the restatement of your thesis. Be sure to use different words than you used in your introduction paragraph!
Now you have to summarize the three main ideas that you included in your body paragraphs. Last, you will end with a powerful concluding sentence, such as words of advice, a final thought, or a call to action, that helps the audience to relate to the topic.
Type your conclusion here:
Week 4 Assignment ends here. Submit this entire document to your Week 4 assignment.
Week 5 Assignment: Revising your Writing
Use the checklist below to revise your draft.
Evaluate your thesis statement. Ask yourself:
- Is it clear what I am focusing on in my paper?
- Are my three main ideas clearly stated in the thesis statement?
Evaluate your details and arguments. Ask yourself:
- Do the details I included support my purpose?
- Are my details sufficient to prove my point, or do I need to add some more?
- Did I include strong, research-based details to support my writing?
- Can my audience really “see” what I am saying, or do I need to include more vivid details?
- Do I have any details that need to be eliminated or replaced?
Evaluate your structure and organization. Ask yourself:
- Did I begin my writing with a strong introduction that includes a hook, background information, and thesis statement?
- Does each paragraph only focus on one main idea?
- Does each body paragraph start with a transition and a topic sentence?
- Did I use transitions throughout the body paragraphs to connect my details in a coherent and logical manner?
- Did I end each paragraph with a concluding sentence?
- Did I conclude my essay with a strong conclusion that restates the thesis using different words, summarizes the main points and ends with a concluding thought, piece of advice or call to action?
Evaluate your individual sentences. Ask yourself:
- Do I have any sentences that are confusing and need to be reworded?
- Did I use an active voice in my sentences where the subject performs the action so that my essay sounds formal? For example, “The medical assistant reviewed the patients’ files” instead of “The patient’s files were reviewed by the medical assistant.”
- Did I use a third-person point of view that uses pronouns like he, she, they, them rather than first-person point of view that uses pronouns like I, me, my, we and us?
- Did I eliminate any unnecessary words?
- Did I clearly explain my idea with enough detail so that my audience can fully understand what I am trying to say?
Evaluate your tone and word choice. Ask yourself:
- Do I maintain a professional tone throughout my writing?
- Do I need to replace slang with more formal word choices?
- Are my word choices suitable for my target audience?
- Did I eliminate contractions in my writing?
- Did I use a thesaurus and dictionary to replace overused and vague words?
Evaluate your citations. Ask yourself:
- Did I use paraphrasing where possible?
- Did I use quotation marks to signal information that was taken directly from a source?
- Did I properly cite my sources using both in-text citations throughout my writing and a reference list at the end of my writing?
Read your source aloud or have someone else read it to you.
- Does my writing sound professional?
- Is my writing clear and focused?
- Does my writing progress in a smooth and logical manner?
- Are there any areas I still need to polish?
- Use the revision checklist above to review your draft.
- Make at least 5 significant revisions to improve the overall quality of your paper. Note: These must be revisions not proofreading changes or edits.
- Highlight or change the text color of your revisions.
- You may make your revisions directly to the Week 4 submission above; you do not need to copy it again.
- Delete the Week 5 instructions when you are finished and submit your final assignment.
Week 5 Assignment ends here. Submit this entire document to your Week 5 assignment.
