You are invited to provide an informative speech to members of congress as they consider policy changes for the reauthorization of ESEA (NCLB). Write out your speech. Provide the members of congress with substantive and substantial information that will help them determine best practices and needed reform regarding educator preparation and certification. Keep in mind that you are speaking to “laypeople”, but you should provide references within the speech. In a real testimony, these references would not be read aloud, but you would provide links for the committee to research the topic further, if desired.

The long essay would be a traditional essay that typically five paragraphs long. The first paragraph should introduce the topic and state the student’s position / answer to the question. It should contain between three-five (3-5) complete sentences, including the thesis statement for the essay. The second, third, and fourth paragraphs are the body paragraphs. Each body paragraph should contain between three-five (3-5) sentences, including the topic sentence (first sentence of the body paragraph, states a main point that supports the thesis) and at least two-three (2-3) specific examples per main point. The fifth and final paragraph should begin with a restatement of the thesis. It should be three-five (3-5) complete sentences, and include a brief summary/conclusion of the student’s answer to the essay question. It is essential, particularly in the survey courses, for students to provide cites and footnotes for their work in untimed exams. Citations must adhere to the Chicago Style format but perfection is not expected. An example of common citations is included on pages four and five of this edition.

• Define batholith, dike, laccolith, pluton, sill, intrusive, and extrusive. Give substantive, complete, and original definitions that are your expressions of the terms or concepts—notcut-and-paste definitions. Use citations as appropriate to support your statements. From Chapter 7 • Define caldera, flood basalt, pyroclastic rock, shield volcano, and phreatic eruption. Give substantive, complete, and original definitions that are your expressions of the terms or concepts—not cut-and-paste definitions. Use citations as appropriate to support your statements. From Chapter 7 • Define bedding, evaporite,  fossil, strata, and detrital sediment. Give substantive, complete, and original definitions that are your expressions of the terms or concepts—not cut-and-paste definitions. Use citations as appropriate to support your statements. From Chapter 8 • Define regional metamorphism, shock metamorphism, contact metamorphism, and burial metamorphism. Give substantive, complete, and original definitions that are your expressions of the terms or concepts—not cut-and-paste definitions. Use citations as appropriate to support your statements.  

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