Slides for Day 15 in EWRT 1A

1. EWRT 1A
Day 15
Paper 3 in class

2. In-Class Essay #1
 You may use only these tools:
 Pen or #2 Pencil
 Blue Book
 Your Own, Original One-page Outline

3. The Essay Question
 Prompt: Write an essay presenting to your reader a
well-defined problem in education today. Describe in
detail the causes and consequences, and convince your
audience that this is a problem worth solving. Address
your presentation of your problem to your audience:
one or more members of the education board, its
leadership, or to outsiders who may be able to
contribute to solving the problem.
 Note: you should not (yet) propose a solution to this
problem (that’s for Essay #4).

4. Remember
 Informative or Interesting Title
 Introduction
 How will you introduce your problem?
 How will you make it seem important?
 Your thesis statement:
 State the problem: causes and consequences.
 Body paragraphs: likely between 3 and 5
 Cause(s)
 Consequence(s)
 Conclusion
 Briefly restate problem
 Who should care and why?
 Do NOT include a solution.
 Works Cited. Prepare accurately in advance,
include it on your outline, and then copy into
your essay.
Turn your outline in with your essay!

5. Homework
 Read: SMG: 323-330 and 339-346
 Patrick O Malley, “More Testing, More Learning”
(annotated student essay)
 Matt Miller, “A New Deal for Teachers”
 Discussion #18: Discuss the basic features (A Well-
Defined Problem, A Well-Argued Solution, and an
Effective Counterargument) as they appear in each
essay. Pick at least one feature from each essay
 Bring your notes for essay #3 and SMG