For this assignment, you and your group will present an Open Letter addressed to an individual/group of individuals about an issue that you think is a problem, and you will suggest directives to this individual/group to do something about it.
Length of presentation: about 20 minutes
Key Components and Organization: X, Y, Z
- We wish X person/people
- knew about Y problem
- and would do Z about it
- Determine your X (to whom you are writing), Y (the problem you want to highlight) Z (what the individual/group can do about it.)
- Identify who you want to address the letter to (X); keep in mind why you are writing to this individual/group of individuals. (This will be the addressee)
- Identify the Y—the problem
- Develop an introduction (hook + problem).
- The group will need to formulate at least four/five sub issues within the larger problem (Y). (These will be the main points, and these will need to be substantiated with evidence from credible sources)
- Establish what directives or solutions you want to give to this individual/group about what he/she/they can do about the problem (Z)
- The group will need to identify at least two or three directives. (These will also be your main points and will need evidence)
- Keep in mind that the main points will need to be fully analyzed with support from sources and with an equal measure of ethos, pathos, and logos.
RESEARCH
- The presentation will require at least eight substantial pieces of evidence from at least Eight sources. (NOTE: The group will need to have a source bank of about fifteen sources)
- The sources must be credible and academic.
- They can be newspaper, journals, magazines, books, etc.
- These can include images and videos
- You can only use the library databases for this assignment
- These sources must support the points you make in Y (the problem) and in Z (the directives you suggest). (You can include evidence in the introduction, as well)
- This evidence will add to the ethos and logos that you want to establish in your letter
- Make sure you cite the sources accurately in both in the in-text (included in the slides) and Works Cited (last slide).