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Week 9 (Classes 15 & 16) ❏ First things first: If you need help with access: rcbc.edu/resources ❏ Online Class- Tuesdays / Activities in ‘Weeks’ in Blackboard-

Thursdays ❏ Open your textbook to p. 143, ch. 5. ❏ Introduction to Problem-Solution Essay, pp. 143-45, ch. 5

❏ This essay will be your “research paper.” ❏ The Structure, pp. 154-163 ❏ Vocabulary and Collocations, pp. 146-47 ❏ Acknowledging and refuting on pp. 165-66. ❏ It / There Constructions 167-168 ❏ Up-to-Date Information on p. 173 ❏ Homework

Graphic Organizer: p. 144/145

Thesis: Americans with high medical bills could raise money online.

Problem: because healthcare is expensive, some families are going into debt.

Possible Solution 1: raise money online

Possible Solution 2: use cheaper, nontraditional treatment options

Possible Solution 3: organize a fundraising event

Possible Solution:

Possible Solution:

The Thesis Statement- Most Important Part Remember that the thesis statement is a roadmap for the body paragraphs of your essay. It should be the last sentence of of your introduction paragraph, and it is structured like this:

P-O-S Structure from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXDiA5mif-8

For example: Americans with high medical bills could raise money with crowdfunding.

Problem-Solution Essay Structure Student Model, pp. 150-154

❏ Introduction

❏ Body Paragraph 1: The Problem

❏ Body Paragraph 2: The Best Solution

❏ Body Paragraph 3: An Alternative Solution (Also called the counterargument/rebuttal.)

❏ Conclusion

Brainstorming for the Problem/Solution Essay

❏ Look at p. 145. ❏ Decide what prompt you want to use. ❏ Let’s scan the student essay on pp. 150-151. ❏ For homework, post your graphic organizer (pp.

145/172) and thesis statement in Blackboard.

Vocabulary / Collocations, pp. 146-147

Vocabulary anxiety apparent irrational

demonstrate logical trigger

probability tendency

Collocations clearly demonstrate basic logic

high probability logical conclusion

Counterargument_Acknowledging and Refuting

❏ REMEMBER: Academic writing is usually in the form of an

ARGUMENT.

❏ Look at the information for “seeing from the other side” on p. 159.

❏ Acknowledging and refuting an opposing solution shows your

reader that you understand both solutions, but that your solution

is better than the alternative solution” (Asplin et al 165).

❏ Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmqETlEJLyk

Exercise 3.10: p. 160 - COUNTERARGUMENT (Stud. Model, para. 4) THESIS w/ P-O-S structure: Americans with high medical bills could raise money with crowdfunding.

(1) Whereas some people think fundraising events attract more donors because of their personal nature, this apparent advantage is outweighed by the disadvantages. (2) First, there is a tendency to charge a lot

of money for tickets. (3) When I received an invitation to a fundraising concert for a neighbor who was

sick, I felt sorry that I couldn’t afford the cost of a seat. (4) However, if I had been asked to decide on an

amount and contribute online, I certainly would have. (5) Another drawback is the time and effort required

to organize an event. (6) By contrast, it takes only minutes to raise money online. (7) Furthermore,

fundraisers only attract local donors. (8) Crowdfunding, on the other hand, reaches a much larger

audience, attracting donors from all over the world.

~Describes alternative solution. ~Gives disadvantages.

~Gives fact, example, statistic to show weakness. ~Explains a better idea.

Notice: Transition words to show opposition are underlined in the paragraph and it/there constructions are in white (The next slide is about it / there constructions).

“It” / “There” Sentence Builders ❏ Using “it” helps writers to not use “I” so that writing sounds more

academic (less personal), or to put emphasis on a different part of

a statement.

❏ Watch:

❏ http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/grammar-vocabulary/grammar-videos/there-there-are-it

❏ http://eslgold.com/grammar/it_that_constructions/

❏ Let’s practice on pp.167-168.

❏ For more help: http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/clause6.html

Using Up-to-Date Information ❏ You must use research for your problem-solution

essay.

❏ Look at p. 173.

❏ Go to http://www.rcbc.edu/library to search in the databases.

❏ Check your quotes.

❏ Are your sources up-to-date?

❏ Find articles that no more than 5 years old.

The “Works Cited” Page To list your sources in your Works Cited page, include the following items in this order with this punctuation:

1. Author. 2. Title of source. 3. Title of container, 4. Other contributors, 5. Version, 6. Number, 7. Publisher, 8. Publication date, 9. Location.

Retrieved from: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/

Homework ❏ Choose your topic for Essay 5- Problem-Solution.

❏ Thesis Statement / Essay Organizer, p. 145 (172)

❏ Use pp. 166 to do Activity 4.2

❏ “It Constructions,” 4.4 on p. 167 (the ones we didn’t do)

❏ Research the prompt you chose in RCBC library.