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- 1. CREM EWRT 1A Day18 Penultimate!
- 2. Agenda / Participation Kahoot quiz Integrating quotes from nonfiction Review P4 Outline for P4 Counterarguments Alternative Solutions Homework for Monday Participation for today: One point for participation in full discussion. Limit 3. Kahoot points from your team.
- 3. Kahoot: The Endof EWRT Get into teams—up to FOUR people in a team. Someone on your team must have a smart phone or laptop. You will need a good view of the projection screen at the front. Everyone on your team will receive the (adjusted) points your team scores as participation. https://play.kahoot.it/#/k/7623d2 a1-9008-48fb-b3e5-55dcc939a0b7 You should go to: http://kahoot.it
- 4. Integrating quotes fromnon-fiction Before the quote, you need to state the author’s full name. You should include the title of the book and you should summarize the book in a few words. Ex.: Rebecca Solnit’s book Hope in the Dark offers a guide to political action for discouraged activists or people who want to make change. You will need to provide context for the quote. Books are long and each chapter talks about many different things. Ex.: In Hope in the Dark, Rebecca Solnit offers a guide for keeping hope alive in a dark world. As an example, she discusses her own interactions with ranchers when she was an environmental activist in Nevada. According to Solnit… Before the quote, you need to state the author’s full name. You do NOT need to include the title of the article, but if you don’t, you should summarize the article in a few words. Ex.: Mario Lopez, in an article about the effects of rising sea levels on Florida, says that... You may also need to provide context for the quote. What specifically is the author talking about? How did they come to this conclusion? Ex.: Jane Chen interviewed multiple high school teachers for an article about bullying. She claims that most teachers… IF IT’S A BOOK IF IT’S AN ARTICLE ALL OF THIS NEEDS TO HAPPEN BEFORE THE ACTUAL QUOTE!
- 5. Essay #4: Proposinga Solution: Assignment: Write an essay from five to seven pages in length, that addresses the topic below. Use a minimum of three credible sources to support your argument. Prompt: Write an essay proposing a solution to a well- defined problem that people in our area, our country, or our world are facing today. This problem should be a general problem, which means that it should affect more than just you or people you know. You will want to make sure your problem is appropriately narrowed so that you can describe it and propose a reasonable solution in such a short paper. Address your proposal to an audience of people who may be able to contribute to solving the problem. Calendar • The peer revision will take place during our finals meeting in Week 12: Monday, March 26, 9:30 AM. • Essay #4 will be due via Canvas on Tuesday, March 27, by 5 PM.
- 6. Putting it together:Organizing your essay Your outline/essay organization will of course reflect your own writing situation. While you already have a working plan, you should not hesitate to change it as necessary while drafting and revising. For instance, you might find it more effective to hold back on presenting your own solution until you have discussed alternative but unacceptable solutions. Or you might find a better way to order the reasons for adopting your proposal. The purpose of an outline or essay plan is to identify the basic features of your proposal and to help you organize the pieces effectively, not to lock you into a particular structure.
- 7. With your purposeand goals in mind, organize an essay plan that includes the following: 1. a clear statement of the problem (A complete discussion of the problem goes before your thesis statement). 2. your thesis statement, announcing the proposed solution and forecasting your reasons for it 3. your argument for the solution, giving reasons and support 4. anticipation of counterargument(s) and a response to objections readers might have about the proposed solution 5. your evaluation of alternative solution(s)
- 8. Here is apossible outline for a proposal. Yours may differ in order, but it should include all of these parts: I. Presentation of the problem (This is likely multiple paragraphs). A. Its existence B. Its seriousness C. Its causes D. Consequences of failing to solve the problem II. Description of the proposed solution (Your thesis) III. Reasons and support for the solution (This is likely multiple paragraphs). A. How or why will your solution solve the problem B. How or why it is possible IV. List of steps for implementing the solution V. Counterargument A. Acknowledgment of objection(s) B. Accommodation or refutation of objection(s) VI. Consideration of alternative solution(s) and its/their disadvantages. VII.Conclusion A. Restatement of the proposed solution and its advantages B. A warning about the failure to solve the problem C. A call to action
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- 10. Anticipate Objections. Remember, youwrite a counterargument that addresses objections readers might have to your solution. Write a few sentences responding to the following objections you think are most likely. We can’t afford your solution. Your solution would take too long to implement or to show results. People would not accept your solution, or they would not participate in it. Too few would benefit from your solution. You would benefit personally from your solution. We already tried your solution, with unsatisfactory results. Share some with the class!
- 11. Consider Alternative Solutions Thisrequires thinking! Remember, ultimately, you are going to show why your solution is better than these alternatives!
- 12. Considering Alternative Solutions Listtwo or three alternative solutions. You may have discovered these alternatives while you were looking for a good solution. You may have found alternative solutions when you did your research. You do not have to list every solution that has been mentioned, but you should include the most popular or serious alternatives. If you include only obviously weak solutions in your argument, your credibility will be harmed and you could be accused of committing the straw man fallacy, which involves directing your argument against an alternative that nobody takes seriously anyway.
- 13. Developing your evaluationof alternative solutions Write a paragraph for each alternative solution you think you should include in your argument. Describe the alternative solution fairly, quoting supporters if possible. Then work out the reasons you believe the alternative solution won’t work. The alternative solution would not be feasible, The alternative solution would not solve the problem, The alternative solution would not be approved, The alternative solution would be hard to implement, or The alternative solution would be too costly, disruptive, or time-consuming to put into effect. Share some with the class!
- 14. Plan Follow-Up Research.Make notes about the kinds of information you think would help make your counterargument convincing for your readers and where you think you can find this information.
- 15. Homework for Monday Remember: We meet here on Monday at 9:30 AM. Bring two copies (one can be electronic) of a FULL DRAFT (at least four polished pages) of your Paper 4. IF you bring a hard copy (and an electronic copy) of a full draft, you will receive 20 participation points.