Macomb Community College Privatization of Prisons Discussion

Description

The Proposal is the first formal step on your way to the Problem/Solution Research Paper. The Proposal helps you organize your thoughts about the issue as well as your take on it. First, do some background reading on the issue as necessary; you may want to get some basic information from sources like Wikipedia or our library’s databases, especially Opposing Viewpoints or Issues & Controversies. Now, write a Proposal that reflects the following four items:

Introduce the issue with some background so that your reader can understand it, and then present the thesis statement in question form.
Explain why the issue is compelling to you.
Describe what you already know about the issue.
Explain what more you need to learn.

For sample Proposals, review the five sample papers provided in this module. It is essential and required that you write this paper in exactly four separate paragraphs (no fewer, no more). Failure to do so will result in a drastically lowered grade.

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Length: 400-600 words

Format: MLA (8th edition)

Points: This paper is worth 50 points

IMPORTANT NOTE: Remember that the proposed topic must be related to food in some way. It must be arguable and have academic research as support for the claims.

Rubric

Issue Proposal

Criteria

Ratings

Pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeThe first paragraph introduces a clearly identified and arguable issue with sufficient background information

5 pts

Above Expectations

The issue is arguable and presented with sufficient background so that the reader understands the issue.

3 pts

Meets Expectations

The issue is arguable but not presented with sufficient background.

1 pts

Below Expectations

The issue is not arguable.

5 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeThis issue is presented as a question at the end of the first paragraph

5 pts

Meets Expectations

The issue is correctly presented as a question at the end of the first paragraph.

0 pts

Below Expectations

There is no question at the end of the first paragraph.

5 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeThe second paragraph presents the writer’s interest in the issue

10 pts

Above Expectations

The writer’s interest is fully and engagingly described.

7 pts

Meets Expectations

The writer’s interest is described very briefly.

5 pts

Below Expectations

The writer’s interest is not described at all.

10 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeThe third paragraph states what the writer already knows about the issue

10 pts

Above Expectations

The writer’s prior knowledge is fully described.

7 pts

Meets Expectations

The writer’s prior knowledge is described very briefly.

5 pts

Below Expectations

The writer’s prior knowledge is not described at all.

10 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeThe fourth paragraph states what the writer still needs to learn about the issue

10 pts

Above Expectations

The writer offers a thoughtful description of what needs to be researched.

7 pts

Meets Expectations

The writer offers a very brief description of what needs to be researched.

5 pts

Below Expectations

The writer offers no description of what needs to be researched.

10 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeMLA Formatting

5 pts

Above Expectations

The paper is correctly formatted according to MLA formatting guidelines.

3 pts

Meets Expectations

Most of the paper is correctly formatted according to MLA formatting guidelines.

1 pts

Below Expectations

The paper does not follow MLA formatting guidelines.

5 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeMechanics

5 pts

Above Expectations

The paper follows the rules and conventions of written English.

3 pts

Meets Expectations

The paper partially follows the rules and conventions of written English.

1 pts

Below Expectations

The paper does not follows the rules and conventions of written English.

5 pts

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