Persuasive essay this week Objectives: Students apply the elements needed for a good persuasive essay introductory paragraph (hook, thesis Statement, Sourcing and Claims. Materials: Notebook Date: May, 3, 2017

Activities Lets check your progress Review essential elements Transition words What are claims and why you need to support them. What is effective sourcing

Thesis Statement Transitions Words First and foremost, student need to express themselves freely. Secondly, uniforms do not offer students and expression of their individualism. In fact, Schools should give students the liberty of expressing themselves with an objective and realistic dress code. Specifically, a dress code that reinforces good manners, good taste and a realistic view of how to prepare them for college and work environment. We are working on this in our grammar class. Check class resources.

Thesis Statement Transitions Words TRANSITION WORDS What are transitions and how are they used? Look in the saved sites folder for a list of transition words They are also in the class website!! https://msu.edu/~jdowell/135/transw.html

Claims A claim persuades, argues, convinces, proves, or provocatively suggests something to a reader who may or may not initially agree with you.

Claims Opinion vs Claims I completely agree with having uniforms. I think it eliminates a lot of hassles in the morning and keeps the school wardrobe simple. I think it also helps students focus more on studying and less on fashion statements. Students are in school to focus on studying and learning. In my opinion, the less distractions, the better.

Claims Opinion vs Claims First and foremost, student need to express themselves freely. Secondly, uniforms do not offer students and expression of their individualism. In fact, Schools should give students the liberty of expressing themselves with an objective and realistic dress code. I would like to share with you a eight year study published as the book The School Uniform Movement and What it Tells Us About American Education (2004) from the University of Missouri-Columbia, which claims the following; ;”that uniform policies don’t curb violence or behavioral problems in schools. They don’t cultivate student self-esteem and motivation. They don’t balance the social-status differences that often separate students. And they don’t improve academic achievement”.

Claims you should two strong claims in your introduction (This is where your sources come in)

Claims you should two strong claims in your introduction (This is where your sources come in) Google Scholar : is a lot like the Google search engine you’re probably used to. iSEEK Education: iSeek is an excellent targeted search engine, designed especially for students, teachers, administrators, and caregivers. RefSeek: With more than 1 billion documents, web pages, books, journals, newspapers, and more, RefSeek offers authoritative resources in just about any subject.

Lets use Google Scholar researching students titles: Mental Illnesses Education Father absence writing poems imagination Netflix better than cable tv

Closing Work on your essay and follow these guidelines: State or identify at lease three claims in your essay. Look for strong support for your claims. Use transition words to organize your thoughts