ENG1A/Larry Burns: Proposal to Solve a Problem, Essay and Presentation 3 Point Value: 50 Due date: uploaded to Canvas prior to meeting in class Week 14 Paper - MLA formatted paper with 3 sources cited. One of these may be the website of the campus resource. Word Count Range: Target of 1200 words for the essay, excluding references. Be sure to fully address all five steps with a thesis statement, body paragraphs, conclusion, and Works Cited Page. Chapter 10, pages 500-512 demonstrate each step of the writing process. Presentation - Time range of 8-15 minutes per presentation is your target. At a minimum, you should have 7 slides, with a maximum of 15 slides. At a minimum you will want an intro slide including your thesis, at least one slide for each of the Five Steps, and a Works Cited Page. Proposal to Solve a Problem Start here, campus resources for students Identify a problem you can solve (does not have to 100% solve problem) with one of the linked resources or any resource found elsewhere at Riverside City College For example, "Financial Aid" would have links to solve problems related to paying for classes, or books, or figuring out loans and grants, or a host of benefits. Your final product engages the Habits of Mind discussed in chapter one. . For full credit consideration, your paper's organization must follow this 5-step process o STEP 1: Describe the problem. Use a problem you've experienced or someone you know since starting at RCC. Another approach - Look at any of the resources on the page and ask this research question: What problem does this resource solve (or try to solve)? STEP 2: Identify a cause or causes of the problem. Consider immediate and deeper causes. o STEP 3: Consider alternatives to solve the problem. o STEP 4: Choose one solution to propose, describe how it works. This would be the online resource you've identified. You can have more than one resource here but be sure you stick to ONE problem. Description of your solution could include, at a minimum: how to implement, how long it would take, who would be involved in a solution, who it affects. STEP FOUR IS WHERE YOU SHOULD BE WRITING THE MOST. STEP 5: Close the loop! Describe the follow-up in terms of how a person would know the solution proposed is working. Consider what kind of metrics make sense (another word for metric could be criteria - see your work in Evaluation Essay) and be sure to describe that in your essay. Another research question to ask here: How is the college measuring the impact of this solution? o An "A" level paper must contain a clear thesis statement. The thesis statement must appear in your introduction. Crafting a working thesis prior to the first draft is recommended. Your thesis will announce the subject, your point of view on the subject, and the criteria on which you will judge the subject. How to do this for your paper can be found on page 506, Formulating a working thesis. YOUR NOTES, IDEAS:Quiz 8 10/10 05/ 03124 1 . " How to pay for college ? " Financial Aid has you covered . My main concern when applying to college was how was I going to pay or afford to go to college . So , financial aid definitely solves this problem for me & many others who had the same concern I did when applying/ starting college . 2. There are multiple causes for said problem such as age, someone that is fresh out of high school who wants to further their education in a specific carreer would not have any money or any means of affording college. Another cause would be a homemaker wanting to finally establish their career but have not worked in a long time cannot take care of children , go back to school, & work at the same time , Lastly , international students or " dreamers" definitely had the same question I did . 3. Alternatives to solve the problem would definitely be getting a full or part-time job depending if you were going to be a full or part-time student . Another alternative could be getting credit cards or even a loan to pay for college expenses , Lastly you could apply to finanical aid , get the tuition waver , apply to other programs & get book vouchers as well as supply vouchers. 4. Two tasks/ activities I will complete related to this essay before we meet next will be conducting research $ developing an outlined draft. These two Steps will more than likely take me two - three days a day per task / activity to really dive into the