1.) Carefully read and annotate the topic guide included (attached) as the basis for your research.  2.) Pre-Write: Consider the different perspectives on your topic. Why do they think this issue is important? What do they have to gain or lose? What are the main arguments of each perspective? How are their positions similar and/or different from one another? What are their goals or desired outcomes regarding the topic? Look at this topic from their various perspectives, and examine what these voices have to say. 3.) Write:  Introduction: Your introduction should describe the issue or topic. You should explain why the topic is significant and why it warrants a solution. Your thesis should clearly show the solution you will present in the essay. Body Section 1: The first section of your essay should explain one of the sides of the issue. Fairly represent their arguments, concerns, and desired outcomes. Body Section 2: The second section of your essay should explain the opposing side of the issue. Fairly represent their arguments, concerns, and desired outcomes. Body Section 3: The third section of your essay should explain the shared beliefs and goals of the two perspectives. What do they have in common? Synthesize the two viewpoints to show how they will be able to build on their common goals. Body Section 4: The fourth section of your essay should detail your proposed solution or alternate position. Show how to solve the problem in a way that will benefit both parties. Draw on the common ground between the parties to find a reasonable way to create a third perspective on the issue. Show your readers how this third perspective is preferable to the two opposing sides. Conclusion: Your conclusion should restate the significance of the issue and synthesize the benefits of your proposed solution/third perspective. 4.) Be fair and credible. Show your understanding of both sides of the issue by comparing and contrasting the ideas presented in your sources. Use a neutral tone. Consider yourself the mediator between the two parties. Consider your own rhetorical choices. Will you appeal to logos? Pathos? Ethos? How will you communicate effectively to your readers? Support your ideas with quotations and paraphrases from the sources you considered in your research.