Mapping Your Problem

Get out the assignment sheet for the Problem/Solution paper.

Go to https://www.text2mindmap.com/.


Create a mindmap of your Problem/Solution paper; refer to the checklist on the back of the assignment sheet as you work on it.

Remember, this paper is about doing critical thinking, not repeating what you've always heard other people say about this problem. Be skeptical.

You MAY do research for this version of the paper; you won't be graded on your use of sources until the next version of the paper.

When you have printed out your mindmap, work on the draft that is due tomorrow.

Homework:

1. Draft 1 of the Problem/Solution paper is due.

2. TWFTD:  skeptical (google?)

Example Student Paper

You need the Bedford Guide today.

Thinkwrite: Look at the pictures on pages 134-135 in Bedford. Describe what you see and write about possible problems these pictures illustrate.

On the board....

We look at a student's paper, "It's Not Just a Bike" pages 190-191 Bedford. You have the following questions to answer in your daybook:

• 1. What problem does Lacey Taylor want solved in her essay “It’s Not Just a Bike”?
• 2. ListTaylor’s five proposed solutions.
• 3. Which two solutions do you think would be MOST effective? Explain.
• 5. Which two solutions do you think would be LEAST effective? Explain.
• 6. When Taylor proposed the solutions you identified in question 5 above, did she acknowledge in any way that there might be difficulties? Quote her statements that point out potential difficulties with either of those solutions.
• 7. What difficulties do YOU foresee with some of her solutions?

Homework:

1. Problem/ Solution Draft #1 is due Tuesday. Begin drafting over the weekend. On Monday class time will be used to create a "mind map" of your problem. If you wish to do so ahead of time, go to https://www.text2mindmap.com/ and save your work.

2. TWFTD: rehabilitation in OED

Writing About Problems

You need The Bedford Guide for class today.

Let's look at the padlet and your brainstorming ideas... I hand out the assignment sheet.

Thinkwrite: Do you know anyone in jail? Someone who has been in jail? Would your employer hire someone who has been in jail? What's your direct knowledge/experience of the US justice system?

Here's a problem/solution presentation: Mass Incarceration in the US

Now let's look at an example of a problem/solution essay on the same topic. Bedford Guide pages 187-189.

You answer these questions in Bedford about the reading: Q. 1, 3, 5, 7, 8 on page 189.

Homework:

1. Read the assignment sheet for your next paper. Be ready to answer questions about it.

2. Be deciding what you will write this next paper about. You should be able to explain tomorrow what you're going to write about.

3. TWFTD: incarcerate in OED