Write an essay on the benefits and dangers of smartphone use, stating whether you agree and/or disagree with the arguments in “Go Ahead: Waste Time on the Internet” by Kenneth Goldsmith and “How Smartphones Hijack Our Minds” by Nicholas Carr and using quotes from these essays as support.

Benefits and dangers of smartphone use,

Synthesizing creates a new idea through combining two or more sources with our own thoughts on the topic. Keep track of your own smartphone activity for 1 or 2 days, noting the times and reasons for use. Then, write an essay on the benefits and dangers of smartphone use, stating whether you agree and/or disagree with the arguments in “Go Ahead: Waste Time on the Internet” by Kenneth Goldsmith and “How Smartphones Hijack Our Minds” by Nicholas Carr and using quotes from these essays as support.

Will write at least 5-6 complete pages that synthesizes two or more texts. Here you join in a “conversation” with multiple perspectives on an issue. Rather than simple pro/con constructions, you start to analyze and evaluate arguments to form your own view. You establish your own “voice” and credibility.