Timberg C and Halperin D. Tinderbox: How the West Sparked the AIDS Epidemic and How the World Can Finally Overcome It. New York: Penguin Press

Introduction
• What is the problem or focus (thesis) of your paper? Why should we care about your commentary?
• Background material on why focus is important on this issue/problem/question.
Reflection
• Integrate evidence and ideas from references into reflection. How does these themes relate to the book?
• Relate reflection to your thesis.
References
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references
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Definition of “Thesis” – The thesis is the main idea of the essay. It must be one to two succinct sentences in length, written
in bold type, and located in your introductory paragraph.
• Wellwritten,
clearly identified thesis statement (5 points)
• Thesis statement is limited in scope or too broad, but is clearly identified (4 points)
• Thesis statement is identifiable but requires refining (3 points)
• Thesis statement is poorly written, however, requires sophistication (2 points)
• The thesis statement is unclear and difficult to identify (1 points)
• No thesis statement (0 points)
REFLECTION:
• The reflection is comprehensive and the paper is persuasively articulated (5 points)
• The reflection is comprehensive but requires refinement (4 points)
• The reflection is not comprehensive but wellarticulated
(3 points)
• Reflection is present but it is not well articulated (2 points)
• There is insufficient reflection, and it requires refinement (1 point)
• The paper is not sufficiently reflected upon (0 points)