Tuesday, December 6 Freshman English

Learning Targets: Select evidence, appeals, and techniques specifically to reach a target audience.

ORGANIZE YOUR ARGUMENT ESSAY PROMPT: Your assignment is to write an essay of argumentation about the value of a college education. Your essay must be organized as an argument in which you assert a precise claim, support it with reasons and evidence, and acknowledge and refute counterclaims fairly. To write this essay, you may use any of the articles / resources we’ve examined in class. You may also add additional documents of your schoosing as long as you clearly cite the source. Your goal is to convince your reader that you are an expert on the topic. To accomplish this, make sure write strictly in third person so you can achieve a formal voice. Avoid slang and abbrevications. Do not include phrases such as “I think,” “I believe,” or “in my opinon.” Cite all sources by recording exactly where you got your data or quotation.

Pre-Write You MUST completely finish the pre-writing document before you will be allowed to begin the actual essay. Please write in complete sentences. You have the remainder of the period to complete your pre-write. If you finish filling in the boxes, begin “editing” your entries to be sure they are grammatically correct and that you’ve chosen the best words. Add additional data or evidence.