Problem/ Solution Day 2

Thinkwrite: Look at the pictures on pages 134-135 in Bedford. Describe what you see and write about possible problems these pictures illustrate. (More. Note: the captions are not correct.)

I hand out the assignment sheet.

We look at a student's paper, "It's Not Just a Bike" pages 188-189 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. This is her hook: “Imagine one day waking up to find that your car had been stolen. To many students, a bicycle is just like a car.” I think it would be more effective to do the imagining FOR the reader, and tell a little story. Using YOUR imagination, write a better hook that tells a story to helpus imagine this situation. {This should be several sentences.}
• 3. List Taylor’s five proposed solutions.
• 4. 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.

Homework:

1. Decide what your LONG problem/solution paper will be about. Fill one page in your daybook brainstorming about this problem (or problems, to help you decide on one). Causes? Solutions? Experience?

2. TWFTD: rehabilitation