Day 12 - Tuesday

Day 12 - Tuesday

I. Housekeeping

• sign-in
• re: papers
• library tour: questions? usefulness?
• today's goals:
  1) problem statement review
  2) emphasis on conceptual problems
  3) problem statement workshopping with problem statements

II. Problem Statement Review

A. Questions

• What is a problem?
• What is a problem statement? What are its parts? What is it modeled after? [a narrative]
• Why is a problem statement important? Where does it go in a paper?
• How does it function as an aspect of issue/discussion structuring?
• What are the two basic types of problems? [tangible and conceptual] What is the difference between them? Which is type is more commonly the basis of academic papers? Which type is more dramatic/compelling?

B. Story Time

Two stories: Lassie and Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge. The first models a conceptual problem, the second models a tangible one. While I read, identify each story's status quo, destabilizing condition, consequences, and resolution.

C. Conceptual Problem Focus

Class brainstorming possible status quos/ destabilizing conditions (handout)/ consequences/ resolutions for conceptual problems.

III. Class Workshopping

Using skeletal problem statements, volunteers "tell" their problem statements like a fairy tale.

IV. Group Workshopping

In groups of 4 and 5, students "tell" their problem statements like fairy tales.

Homework: Problem statements written out in paragraph form with preludes.

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