Writing an Abstract for your Education Reform Proposal
Alas, after spending countless hours researching, interviewing, surveying, and writing, your education reform proposal is complete. Undoubtedly, you're a little tired from burning the midnight oil to put the finishing touches on your paper while keeping your streaks alive on Snapchat and running to Sheetz for a late night snack. However, one final step remains. In order to ensure that your paper ends up in the hands of people with the power to make change and not a recycling bin, it is imperative that you write an abstract that compels others to read it. This lesson is designed to help you write an abstract that will catapult your paper to greatness and into the hands of the guest readers pictured below.
Guidelines
- Your abstract should be 1 or 2 paragraphs and between 150-200 words.
- Do not use 1st person in your abstract ("I," "me," "my," "we," "us," etc.). If necessary, refer to yourself as "the author," but do not use your name in the interest of keeping the abstracts anonymous.
- Type your abstract in GoogleDocs and share it with [email protected] and [email protected]
- This abstract is one of two summative grades for the 3rd grading period.
- If your abstract is not received by the deadline, you will not be eligible for the exemption on your midterm exam.
- The top 3 essays, as voted on by PSL students, will be reviewed by the decision makers above and the students who wrote them will receive an exemption on the midterm exam.
Getting started
Your abstract should serve as a condensed version of your paper, giving an overview of your research findings, summarizing your reform proposal, and discussing the impact this change would have on the Perry Local Schools.
- Consider your audience: Your abstract will be reviewed by other students in PSL. Summarize your main argument quickly in a way that will appeal to your peers.
- Title: Include the title of your education reform proposal essay at the top of your abstract. Don't let it be ordinary.
- Introduction: Include a topic sentence that grabs the reader's attention and explains why this topic is important.
- Body: Discuss how you conducted your research, the results of your research, and what reform you proposed as a result of your findings.
- Conclusion: Wrap up your summary by discussing the impact your proposed reform would have on the Perry Local Schools.