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PORTFOLIO INCLUDING FINAL PAPER 1

Portfolio Including Final Paper

Subtitle (Example: Keeping Schools Closed During a Pandemic)

Student Name

ENGL110: Making Writing Relevant

Professor Name

Assignment Due Date

Table of Contents

Item 1 of the Portfolio – Description of Discourse Community

Item 2 of the Portfolio – Annotated Bibliography

Item 3 of the Portfolio – Final Paper

Description of Discourse Community

Copy and paste your original assignment here. Include updates you made per your instructor’s feedback.

Annotated Bibliography

Copy and paste your original assignment here. Include updates you made per your instructor’s feedback.

Final Paper

Subtitle (Example: Keeping Schools Closed During a Pandemic)

This is where you will fully develop the ideas you have been building throughout the course. Below shows an easy and effective way to organize your essay. You should delete these highlighted words before you submit your paper. If you prefer to delete the subtitles as well, check with your instructor first to see what he/she prefers.

Tip: Do not be intimidated by the word count requirement. If you write between 150-167 words per section, you will be in the desired range.

Introduction

Introduce your topic. Lead up to your claim. Try to include the words “should” or “should not” in your claim to ensure that it is argumentative. Underlining your claim is helpful. Example: In the event of any pandemic, such as the recent COVID crisis, K-12 schools should be conducted virtually until the pandemic is over and a vaccination is available to all.

Background

Provide a brief history of your topic. This is a good place to answer some of the questions listed in the instructions. What is the problem being addressed (explain, describe, and “prove” that it exists)? Who is affected by this problem? Why does this problem exist (identify the root causes)? Why does the problem persist? (Identify the major factors that contribute to the problem’s ongoing presence.)

Side A

This is where you will present YOUR side of the argument (in third person). Example topic sentence: Due to the many safety and health concerns caused by face-to-face instruction, virtual learning is the obvious solution during a pandemic. INCLUDE RESEARCH AND CITATIONS. This might be a good place to answer, “what is at stake if the problem is not solved?”

Side B

This is where you will present THE OTHER side of the argument, the counterargument (in third person). Example topic sentence: Despite the dangers of schools meeting face-to-face, some insist that virtual education is not the solution. INCLUDE RESEARCH AND CITATIONS.

Possible Solutions

In this paragraph, you could answer: Who can take action? What should they do, exactly? Why would this help? What are the positive and negative aspects of your solution(s)? How do the positives outweigh the negatives and “win” in the end? INCLUDE RESEARCH AND CITATIONS.

Conclusion

Restate your claim in slightly different way. Summarize and bring your essay to a satisfying finish. Write a full paragraph, no less than one hundred words.

References

List your five sources here (in alphabetical order). Use the cite button in the library. Include the https address/link for each source.

Example:

Carty, T. (2011). JOHN KENNEDY, RELIGION, AND FOREIGN POLICY.  The Review of

Faith & International Affairs,  9(4), 51–59. https://doi.org/10.1080/15570274.2011.630203