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AgendaEssay #4

ReviewThe assignmentBrainstormingResearch

In-Class Writing: Refining your problem and finding the best solution.

Essay #4

Essay #4: Proposing a Solution 

Essay #4 Assignment: (200 points) Write an essay from 4-6 pages in length, that addresses the topic below. Use a minimum of two credible secondary sources to support your argument. These are in addition to The Hunger Games.

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.

Your ResearchYou should have multiple articles that you

researched in our last class.

You should have a formatted works cited page.

Read or review your research articles to help you decide on your topic. Keep it local!

Begin your essay document. Format your essay. Add your works cited page to your document.

Check your prewriting:You should have at least four paragraphs written for two different problems

Look at what you have; Focus on the problem/solution pair that seemed the most interesting to explore.

Write another paragraph describing the problem in more detail.

Be as specific and vivid in your explanation as possible given the information you currently have.

It usually helps to consider several possible solutions before focusing on one solution; problem solving requires creativity. Answer the following questions to help you make a list of creative solutions you could consider for your problem: Can you adapt a solution that has already been

tried or proposed for related problems? Which? How?

What smaller, more manageable aspect of the larger problem could you solve? How might you do so?

Could re-imagining the goal help you make fundamental changes?

Could the problem be solved from the bottom up instead of from the top down?

Could an ongoing process help solve the problem?

Listing Multiple Possible Solutions to your Problem

Exploring Potential Solutions

Now, take the answers to those questions and write paragraphs addressing one or more potential solutions to your problem.

Choosing the Most Promising SolutionIn a sentence or two, describe

the solution you want to explore further. You should choose a solution that you feel motivated to pursue. This will be your working thesis!

Explain Why Your Solution Would Solve the Problem.

Write for a few minutes explaining why you think this solution could solve the problem. For example, would it

eliminate one or more causes?

change people’s attitudes?

re-imagine the objective?

reduce anxiety and tension?

Show Why Your Solution Is Possible.

Write for a few minutes explaining why people could agree to put the solution into effect. For example, what would it cost them in time or money?

Explain How It Could Be Implemented.

Write down the major stages or steps necessary to carry out your solution. This list of steps will provide an early test of whether your solution can, in fact, be implemented.

Post #23:

1. Your revised and developed description of your problem: two to four good paragraphs.

2. One or more sentences to serve as your tentative thesis statement. In most essays proposing solutions to problems, the thesis statement is a concise announcement of the solution..

3. A paragraph explaining why your solution would solve the problem.

4. A paragraph about why your solution is possible.

5. A list of the steps of implementation.

Bring SMG and a copy of your essay draft.

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