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Your children's nonfiction picture book is due this Monday, February 13 (in published form)! If you have any questions, feel free to post them here.

Executive Summary Task

We are moving into the new unit: Executive Summary. The first stage of this project will entail reading informational texts about issues in our school and community. Please start collecting any helpful material. Also let us continue brainstorming possible issues here!
Executive Summary Task
After exploring a real problem that is facing your community and/or school (by reading about the issue, polling stakeholders, and doing some observations), you will synthesize your research and propose a recommendation for an executive who might be able to put your recommendation into action!

The following are the parts of the Executive Summary:

Date
To (Your Executive: principal, mayor, school board, etc. Remember to address your communication to a specific audience that has the power to effect change.)
From (You)
Subject ( The Community or School Issue)
Introduction (Engages the reader by dramatically identifying the problem, indicating its seriousness, and proposing the needed solution.)
Issue (The issue and discussion sections clearly develop the introduction in a knowledgeable, effective manner. This is accomplished by using an appropriate organizing structure that arranges details, reasons, examples, and/or anecdotes effectively and persuasively. It is here that appropriate information and arguments are included.)
Discussion (The recommended action is presented clearly with many details including the reasons for doing so. This is where you must anticipate and address the reader’s concerns and counter-arguments.)
Conclusion (A sense of closure is provided that reiterates the problem and solution in a focused, dramatic manner.)


Do not forget to take pride in your work. You can show this by organizing your information using the above format and by making sure that your work is free of errors in sentence structure, punctuation, usage, and spelling.