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(In-Class) Essay #3
You may use only these
tools:
Pen or #2 Pencil
Blue Book
Your Own, Original One-
page Outline
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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!
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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).
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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
Homework
