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“Report” Essay -Student Loan crisis

Write a report of 750-1,000 words. Follow the principles in Chapter 10 to write an effective report. Study the “Writing a Report” segment on pp. 205-212.

Audience:Your audience for this assignment is the entire ACC community – students, staff, faculty, and other people associated with or interested in the college. Imagine that your report may be published in a city newspaper or other media outlet. Write in third person point of view only.

Sources:You must use at least two sources, and you must accurately give credit for the information you use from those sources. Sources must be credible for academic use. No Wikipedia, eHow, about.com, etc.

Find sources with authors standing behind the information. Use our online library database, Google Scholar (do not use Google) or use the Library of Congress online database: http://catalog.loc.gov/ Review Chapters 21, 22, and 23 as needed.

Format:Prepare your essay in MLA style, which is covered in Chapter 24.

Critical Thinking

This essay must showcase critical thinking skills by including these elements:

Inquiry:Avoid jumping to conclusions. You should examine and question assumptions about why the subject is good or bad, why it is worthwhile or not worthwhile. You should critically examine your own opinions to make sure they are supportable by the evidence you gather.

Support: Develop a list of criteria that are appropriate for judging your subject. (See pages 237-38.) Use those criteria to support and explain the insights you share in your essay. Always refer to specific details and facts to show how the subject meets or fails to meet the criteria.

Synthesis:You must put your conclusions in context with the opinions and insights of other people. This is called synthesis, and it is covered in Chapter 21. You will need to consult outside sources. Your instructor will provide guidelines for appropriate and useful sources.

Conclusion:The judgment you express about your topic must be based on specific evidence and must be objectively supportable.

Deadlines and Submission Methods
Your instructor will advise you of draft and final deadlines. The instructor will direct you to submit the essay once for your class grade and separately for institutional assessment.

Grading Criteria

In addition to the general information provided in the syllabus, the following grading policies apply to this essay:Essays that are more than 10% outside the assigned word range will receive a 0 regardless of the quality of the work. When you check the word count of your essay, remember that headings, titles, and works cited pages do not count.Essays that are so riddled with grammatical and mechanical errors that a reader must struggle to understand the basic meaning of sentences will receive a failing grade regardless of the quality of the ideas.Essays that contain unsupported claims or that rely on disreputable research sources will be penalized by at least one letter grade. If you have questions about the credibility of a source, seek the instructor's approval well before the essay deadline.

Reviews that pass the basic checks listed above will be graded using the following criteria:

Content

(25 points)

As explained in Ch. 10, effective reports will containrelevant information about the subjecta clear purposea well-supported informative presentation.

As explained in Ch. 10, effective reviews will demonstrateattention to the audience’s needs and expectationsan authoritative tone that does not show preferenceawareness of report’s potential impact on the reader.

Third person point of view only. (Do not use any I/me/my/we/our/us or you/your pronouns)

The thesis statement should be an unbiased statement of purpose. What are you reporting on? State that directly to the reader.

Include appropriate signal phrases and citations for your sources so that readers feel they can trust your information.Organization

(25 points)

The essay must include a thesis statement, and the thesis should be placed at the end of the introduction.

All body paragraphs should be five or more sentences in length and support the main idea expressed in the thesis. Each body paragraph should begin with a topic sentence that expresses the main idea of that paragraph. All supporting paragraphs need source material presented. Short one sentence quotes or paraphrases correctly cited in MLA format only. No block quotes or back to back cited statements. Mechanics

(25 points)Effective essays will be nearly free of mistakes in grammar and punctuation.

Documentation

(15 points)

Essays should be documented using MLA. Include appropriate signal phrases and citations for your sources so that readers know they can trust your information.Format

(10 points)

Essays should be formatted using MLA style guidelines. See specific information in Chapter 24 and the sample essay that begins on page 446.