I have attached 3 sources to use for this paper. The article “how banning book marginalizes children” is the aforementioned article chose to read, explore and evaluate possible solutions. The other two sourcesI chose to use as research and support. There are three sources provided so you don’t need to find outside sources.
I’ve also attached 2 more documents that have instructions for organization ideas and tips, please consult them while writing.
The last attachment is a starter draft that I did, but I did the draft BEFORE reading the instructions so it would be great if you could use what you can from my draft and turn it into writing that meets the VERY SPECIFIC instructions below. I cannot stress enough how important it is that you read and understand the assignment instructions. Any questions should be addressed immediately.
Rationale:
Research is used in writing to support a point or support an idea. Persuasive skills are helpful for all types of writing in life. This assignment asks you to explore and evaluate “solutions” proposed by others for a problem, using argument skills and research for support. By doing so, you will learn effective persuasive writing, argument techniques, and integrating research as support for claims. The skills you learn in this assignment will be helpful to you for the research essay and in other courses in which research and argument writing are expected.
Assignment:
* For this paper, choose one of the articles from the Articles Sets we’ve been reading with these limitations:
* During our discussions about the articles you’ve been assigned to read this semester, I have mentioned several times that these issues often don’t have easy solutions. Complex issues require complex thinking. For this assignment, you will engage in complex critical thinking about ways in which specific problems could be improved. Choose one of the articles we’ve read and explore and evaluate possible proposals for “solutions� to a problem described in the article.
* Create a claim with proposed changes that may help the problem or solve one aspect of it. Solving the whole problem is impossible, so, you may want to zoom in on one particular aspect of the problem. For example, you can’t solve all the cyberbullying problems, especially in one short essay, but what is one part of the problem for which some changes might be viable and that would help the situation?
* No “solution” is perfect, so for each of the proposals you describe in your paper, be sure you are able to see both the strengths and weaknesses of the suggestion. How would the benefits outweigh the problems or objections? Be logical, fair, and realistic so that you can convince your audience that the ideas do or don’t have merit.
* Your audience for this paper will be “academic,� meaning your classmates, professors, and other people at the university, so having credibility and presenting your ideas fairly and with as little bias as possible are both important.
Requirements:
1. Use of at least three reliable articles (one from the article set and at least two you find on your own). These outside sources can be from GALILEO or the internet but, as we’ve covered in class, must be reliable, vetted, academic sources appropriate for college-level research. Academic journals or other professional sources may be most appropriate for this project.
3. Source material correctly cited in MLA format—including signal phrases, in-text citations, and Works Cited page. Failure to include in-text citations is a form of plagiarism and will result in at least a 10-point deduction from the paper grade. Failure to include a Works Cited page with all sources listed will result in a 10-point deduction from the paper grade.
Content:
Here are some questions you can use to get your paper moving in the right direction:
* What is the specific problem suggested in the original article from the article set? Use that article to introduce what you’ll be exploring.
* What suggestions or proposals are offered by other sources that might help the problem? What do experts (or other writers) propose as possible “solutions” or actions to help?
* For each action proposed in your paper, what would be the strengths/weaknesses or pros/cons?
o How might the plan help the problem and what would the benefits and advantages be to different involved groups?
o What might be the problems, disadvantages, or objections to the idea or difficulties implementing it?
* Do your sources seem to agree on actions that would be helpful for the problem, or do they disagree on the best approaches?
* Which plan or action seems to be the most logical or most helpful in combatting the problem and why?
* You can also propose your own ideas for solutions, in balance with those of others, as long as you remain logical and use the research to back up your ideas (since you’re not an expert on the problem).
* Keep in mind the goal, which is to explore and evaluate different ideas for helping the problem.
Tips for Writing the Paper:
1. Describe the problem first so your reader knows what you’re talking about. Use your sources to give the background information needed for your reader to see the problem and its extent.
2. Maintain a balance between the research and your own comments and discussion about the topic. Avoid large “chunks” of research material or back-to-back source information. Mix up the research with your own voice on the issue. Use the research to help you out with ideas for proposals, but don’t rely on other people to make your point.
3. Be careful you do not “steal� material you read during your research. Any idea that you read somewhere must be documented if you use it in your paper. Otherwise, you are plagiarizing. Summaries, paraphrases, and direct quotes should use signal phrases to introduce material and in-text citations to show where research material ends.
4. You mostly likely won’t find sources that are strictly about ideas for solutions. Rather, articles that talk about the problem will often also include suggestions or plans for action within the article (several of the articles I’ve assigned you to read do it like that).
5. Remember, you’re not necessarily solving the problem but proposing different ways to improve it and evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of each of those ideas.
6. Keep the objective third person voice, so that means avoiding the pronoun “you� unless you specifically mean the person reading your paper, and keeping yourself out of the paper. Avoid wimpy phrases like “I think,� “I believe,� “In my opinion,� etc.