1. Get a laptop from the cart and open a new Google Doc.
Format the document with a new heading and header based on MLA format.
Let your teacher know if you have trouble!
Bellringer

2. Can Animals Think? Writing Day 2

3. 9-10.RI.KID.3 Analyze how an author presents and develops key ideas and events to impact meaning.
Determine the quality of evidence an author uses to support a claim.
9-10.W.TTP.1 Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning supported by relevant and sufficient evidence. 
Use textual evidence to support a claim.
I Can…

4. Your copy of “Can Animals Think?”
A laptop
You Will Need…

5. A Quick Review of COUNTERCLAIMS
In what part of the HIT method for introduction does this writer include the counterclaim?
A Quick Review of COUNTERCLAIMS

6. So then there’s the Works Cited Page…
First, we make this WAY harder than it has to be!
OWL Link: du/owl/research_and _citation/mla_style/ mla_formatting_and_ style_guide/mla_wor ks_cited_page_basic_ format.html

7. CITATIONS (Using MLA Format)
Your New Best Friend: format/website-citation
Source: e/article/0,9171,30198,00.html
Works Cited Page Entry:
Linden, Eugene. "Can Animals Think?" Time. 29 Aug Time Inc. 27 Feb < zine/article/0,9171,30198,00.html>.

8. CITATIONS (Using MLA Format)
Research indicates that animals exhibit intelligence when using communication. Linden states, “Washoe eventually learned more than 130 words from the language of the deaf called American Sign Language.” Additionally, when Washoe saw a swan, something she had never learned a specific sign for, she made the signs for “water” and “bird” indicating that she had not just memorized the signs but actually understood their meaning and could apply them independently (Linden). This evidence indicates that animals can exhibit intelligence beyond mere instinct.

9. Write an organized four to five-paragraph PERSUASIVE essay that answers the question
“can animals think?”
REMINDERS:
Don’t forget parenthetical citations!
Don’t forget a counterclaim in your introduction.
If you get stuck, LET YOUR TEACHER KNOW!
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