2. Social Entrepreneur Essay Worksheet: Assignment: Social Entrepreneurs: Engaged Citizenry

Students need to explore the terms, entrepreneur, engaged citizenry, business, social good to grasp fully what it meant by the term: social entrepreneur. Another related, but different term is philanthropy. An entrepreneur is not necessarily a philanthropist. You need to know the difference and do not choose a philanthropist.

The social entrepreneur for this assignment needs to be female, a woman or girl. The person has to be documented, which means she cannot be new to this field. The person profiled cannot be you (smile) unless you meet all the criteria and present a convincing argument to me first (smile). I used to say the person couldn't be related to you, but that's okay as long as the other criteria is met.

The entrepreneur needs to live in Northern California and be alive.

Introduction

Open with the problem statement. Be descriptive.

The thesis sentence names your social entrepreneur as a person who is addressing the problem identified in the introduction.

Body paragraphs

Background on the social entrepreneur and what brings them to the work. You can cite statistics here to illustrate the problem

Introduce the organization or business venture. Does the work grow out of the community? How do the SE and the community interact?

Are there any partnerships with other organizations and/or government?

Are there any peer reviews or industry reports?

What are the measurable results for the community? Share a story here.

What are the measurable results for the SE. You could quote the SE here.

Your essay needs to answer all of these questions; you can structure it like a typical problem/solution essay or cause and effect.

The person has to be alive. Try to find someone local, who is living in the San Francisco Bay Area or in California. The person has to have been doing this work for 10-20 years (the length of time is negotiable; see me).

You need to locate 5 sources on your subject to form a bibliography; you don't have to cite them all. The sources can be published or broadcast interviews, books, articles, and films or you can interview them yourself. You can work in groups and share data. In fact, I encourage it.

You will have three citations: 1 in-text citation, one paraphrase, and one block quote in the essay. The rest of the writing has to be your own. The essay should be about 4 pages (English 1A); 2-3 pages English 201. This does not include the works cited page or bibliography.

This paper is your final.

English 1A Social Entrepreneur

Library Planning Sheet (handout) due by Thursday, April 26 (share)_____________

List of sources (5) minimum in MLA format due April 26 (share in class)___________

Essay: Initial Planning Sheet, Outline, Thesis is due: Monday, April 30 ______

An introduction and conclusion are due Tuesday, May 2 ________

First Draft May 4-6 (Wednesday-Thursday, May 2-3 peer review)__________

Final Draft Monday-Tuesday, May 7-8 (set up appointment with professor to check off essay components Thursday, May 10______________

SE Presentations: May 14-16___________

The presentation is a quarter of the grade.

Supplementary Assignments

On-line Frontline World (cyber-responses 3) due by April 12_______

Library Research sheet: Wednesday, April 26 _______________

Website Evaluation completed (worksheet) by April 22 (in-class)_____________