Writing for Academic Excellence Course
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Assignment #1
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ARGUMENT ESSAY
-Here is the introductory handout
.
-Introductory
PowerPoint
.
-Here is the
introductory video
by Mr. Singleton.
-Here is the
followup video lesson
on planning and timing.
-Here is a
video lesson
on the structure of the argument essay.
-Here is the
review video lesson
by our friend, Mr. Singleton.
-Use this exercise
to go through the process from start to finish.
-Here is a template
, in case you need some structure to start.
-Here is another template.
-Here are some sentence level templates
for introducing topics and counterarguments
-Here is a video tutorial
on using personal experiences as evidence
-Here is the "Bolstering Your Persuasive Vocabulary"
handout.
-Here are some additional examples
of what persuasive (and synthesis) body paragraphs should look like along with some explanations.
-Here is what the
scoring guidelines
look like for the persuasive essay on the STAAR.