1. CLASS 15
EWRT 1A

2. AGENDA
• Due: Concept Paper: Essay #3
• Quiz:
• Essay #4: Problem Solution Essay
• Presentation: Critical reading and thinking.
Strategies for writing.
• Discussion: SMG p 684 "Logical Fallacies"
and "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" 586-608
• In-Class Writing: Finding a problem to write
about.

3. ESSAY #3
• Make sure your essay is in MLA
Format.
• Stack them up this way:
• Final draft on top
• Edited draft next (write “Edit” on it)
• Peer revision comments on the
bottom.

4. QUIZ
You have 15 minutes to complete the
vocabulary quiz.
My the odds be ever in your favor!

5. ESSAY #4

6. ESSAY #4
Essay #4: Proposing a Solution : Essay/Speech (750-1000 words)
150/50 pts. (10 minute presentation limit)
Assignment: Write an essay from 3 to 4 pages in length, which you will
later turn into a speech (five to seven minutes of presentation) that
addresses the topic below. Use a minimum of two credible sources to
support your argument.
Prompt : Write an essay proposing a solution to a well-defined problem
faced by a community or group to which you may belong. Alternatively,
you may address a well-defined problem faced by one of the districts or
communities in The Hunger Games. Address your proposal to your
audience: one or more members of the group, its leadership, or to
outsiders who may be able to contribute to solving the problem. Then,
convert your essay to a speech, which you will later present to the class
to convince them that your ideas are correct.

9. CHOOSING A PROBLEM FROM
THE HUNGER GAMES
DISTRICT 12:
PROBLEM SOLUTION
1. Not enough food 1. Making hunting
legal

10. CHOOSING A PROBLEM FROM
SCHOOL
SCHOOL PROBLEM SOLUTION
1. Bad food 1. New vendors

11. LOGICAL
FALLACIES
KNOW THEM FOR TWO REASONS: SEE
THEM IN OTHERS’ ARGUMENTS; DO NOT
USE THEM IN YOUR OWN ARGUMENTS!

13. ANNOTATING TEXT
A SKILL TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT
YOU READ.

14. “LETTER FROM A
BIRMINGHAM
JAIL”
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

21. HOMEWORK
Read: SMG 326-359: Read all four essays in the chapter.
Write and post: Explain three problems; offer an solution for each one.
Annotate: “Win Win Flexibility” 334-337
Bring: SMG