Write a Report

Due Wednesday 16 Mar 1800 PST: Write a one page Assignment Synopsis (detailed below) of the provided article. This Assignment Synopsis: • must include appropriate bibliographic citation • must include what you believe to be the author’s thesis. • must include a Discussion Question. • must include bullet statements explaining how this question explores Military Joint Services issues or emerging concepts – 3 – 5 bullet statements. • must include bullet statements explaining likely directions the actual discussion might take – 3 – 5 bullet statements. Thesis Statement Guidelines: Thesis Statements constitute a summary of an argument, in the case of this assignment in direct answer to the question, “What is the author’s thesis in the article you selected?” After studying the article you should be able to answer this question by crafting a thesis statement for what you believe the author’s thesis to be. Its purpose is to: • Inform the reader of the significance of the article you selected. • Inform the reader of the primary argument/position taken in the article. • Identify claims the author made that might be disputable. The thesis statement for this assignment must be two sentences or less. It is not a simple statement of fact or opinion, and it should conform to the following guidelines: • It must be specific and clear. • It must contain only one main idea. • It must justify further discussion. Discussion Question (DQ) Guidelines: Writing DQs requires adherence to several fundamental principles. The guidelines below target these areas. Writing a DQ. In order to be effective, your discussion question must conform to the following guidelines: • It must be open-ended and require in-depth responses. o Accomplish this through “What” or “How” questions with follow-ups asking “Why.” • It must allow for multiple possible answers. o Accomplish this through effective topic selection and question wording. • It must encourage higher levels of thinking. o Accomplish this by forcing application, analysis, synthesis or evaluation in the question. • It must be interesting and/or controversial. o Accomplish this through topic selection and question refinement. The fundamental purpose of proposing your DQ is to lead the class into a topic area of interest to you that explores some aspect of a Military Joint Services Concepts important to the Military Joint Services community. Accordingly, your discussion question must conform to the following guidelines: • It must require a detailed review of the selected article. • It must clearly link to a Military Joint Services Issue/Concepts of interest to the Military Joint Services community. • It must force higher level thinking through appropriate questioning techniques.