ARGUMENT #1 - Cell Phones
Write a letter to the school board explaining why students should not have their cell-phones removed at the start of each day. Write for an educated audience.
Basics of argumentation
Use your this video with your handout to help annotate for parts of an argument. Then, revise and edit your argument.
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Argument #2 - Social media in society online debate
1) Read through the data presented on http://socialnetworking.procon.org/ and decide what side you stand on.
2) Compose a response in class using the six main components of argument: claim, reason, evidence, warrant, backing, and rebuttal to counterclaim. (10 pts). Be sure to cite the source in the evidence portion of your response by stating who said it or where it came from (e.g. "According to ...")
3) Respond to at least one other argument in class by stating what was the strongest part of the argument, and where you see a
chance to defeat his or her claim. (5 pts)
2) Compose a response in class using the six main components of argument: claim, reason, evidence, warrant, backing, and rebuttal to counterclaim. (10 pts). Be sure to cite the source in the evidence portion of your response by stating who said it or where it came from (e.g. "According to ...")
3) Respond to at least one other argument in class by stating what was the strongest part of the argument, and where you see a
chance to defeat his or her claim. (5 pts)
the civil war - Is social change worth the risk?
Take at least one full page of notes, copying the most important information from these three sources. Then, determine the top ten central ideas and rank in order of importance.
Source #1: Record the most striking statistics from the infographics here.
Source #2: View the presentations on the Civil War and record the most important details.
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Source #3: Read the landing page on the Civil War and record the most important details.
Source #4: Listen to the recording about the Civil War statues in Baltimore, like others that have ignited controversy. Write down the important details, but also what this issue teaches us about the importance of the Civil War today in our country.
Second Inaugural Address Group annotations
Second inaugural address - Argument in speech
Work with your group to annotate Lincoln's speech while looking for costs and benefits of the Civil War, tone, features of argument, connotations, and parallelism.
Questioning social issues - A Performance Task Organizer
The objective in this activity is to conduct sustained research through inquiry, develop questions, do more research, and then translate your conclusions into three possible claims.
1) To start, follow a question that interested you in the New York Times.
2) As you read the article, generate and write
- **Questions the article raises. These are most important. Record as many as possible
- Data you find interesting or convincing.
- Surprises
- Connections between articles
3) Next, research your questions and let the process continue. You can use the search bar on the website, or the links in each article. In this way, your information keeps "growing the tree." Your "tree" should look something like the pictures below.
4) Finally, take a step back and look over what the data and information seems to be indicating. You should generate with three possible claims that you may defend.
1) To start, follow a question that interested you in the New York Times.
2) As you read the article, generate and write
- **Questions the article raises. These are most important. Record as many as possible
- Data you find interesting or convincing.
- Surprises
- Connections between articles
3) Next, research your questions and let the process continue. You can use the search bar on the website, or the links in each article. In this way, your information keeps "growing the tree." Your "tree" should look something like the pictures below.
4) Finally, take a step back and look over what the data and information seems to be indicating. You should generate with three possible claims that you may defend.
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uncle tom's cabin - Argument in narrative
Refining the main claim
Using your three possible claims, refine your claim using the four criteria.
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Argument #3
Quiz your argumentation skills. Write a one paragraph argument defending the claim you are going to support.
The emancipation proclamation - argument in legal documents
Read the emancipation here and complete the writing quiz from class.
Performance task organizer - constructing the argument
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https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1iIFqfnC9KCV9zlaWRX_DpYHVGQXjVr-9u6LDE9eVujc/edit#slide=id.p
what to the slave is the fourth of july? Argument in speech
Take notes using the following three sources:
Source #1: Background Source #2,3: Academic Terms for Frederick's Speech
Source #1: Background Source #2,3: Academic Terms for Frederick's Speech
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Go the online textbook here
James Earl Jones' rendering of What to the Slave if the Fourth of July