USE THIS LINK for ARGUMENTATIVE WRITING PROMPT AND SOURCES 1.
Essay 1: Where Are Our Priorities?
Write an essay on whether money should be spent on fighting world poverty or space exploration or professional sports teams?
10 Facts You Should Know About Poverty
Unnamed Editor
Global Citizen
Out of this World: 5 Reasons Why Space Exploration is Important
By Chris Young
Science Space
TV is biggest driver in global sport league revenue
By TJ Mathewson
Global Sport Matters
Essay 1: Where Are Our Priorities?
Write an essay on whether money should be spent on fighting world poverty or space exploration or professional sports teams?
10 Facts You Should Know About Poverty
Unnamed Editor
Global Citizen
Out of this World: 5 Reasons Why Space Exploration is Important
By Chris Young
Science Space
TV is biggest driver in global sport league revenue
By TJ Mathewson
Global Sport Matters
Essay 2: Are Video Games a Sport?
Write an essay in which you argue whether or not video games are a sport.
What Makes a Sport a Sport
By Neel Burton
What Defines A "Sport"
By Leigh Steinberg
Sorry, Nerds: Video Games are Not a Sport
By Matthew Walther
Video Games Are a Waste of Time
By Arielle Dollinger
Write an essay in which you argue whether or not video games are a sport.
What Makes a Sport a Sport
By Neel Burton
What Defines A "Sport"
By Leigh Steinberg
Sorry, Nerds: Video Games are Not a Sport
By Matthew Walther
Video Games Are a Waste of Time
By Arielle Dollinger
REMEMBER:
Writers make decisions. Writers “attack” the work, just like any timed exam.
In an argumentative essay, you decide:
- Precise Claim
- Main Point (must match the evidence)
- Evidence (one, best quoted sentence from a source)
- Main Point
- Evidence
- Opposing Claim
Your essay, because of time, must have five (5) paragraphs and must contain about 700 words.
You are graded on your ability to create an academic essay.
Generally, in academic writing, no one cares about your opinion.
You use the source information to create NEW thinking.
Writers use ELABORATION to show what evidence means and why it’s important.
Use ALL the textbook resources including the sample essay, but don’t let them slow you down, too much.
Writers make decisions. Writers “attack” the work, just like any timed exam.
In an argumentative essay, you decide:
- Precise Claim
- Main Point (must match the evidence)
- Evidence (one, best quoted sentence from a source)
- Main Point
- Evidence
- Opposing Claim
Your essay, because of time, must have five (5) paragraphs and must contain about 700 words.
You are graded on your ability to create an academic essay.
Generally, in academic writing, no one cares about your opinion.
You use the source information to create NEW thinking.
Writers use ELABORATION to show what evidence means and why it’s important.
Use ALL the textbook resources including the sample essay, but don’t let them slow you down, too much.
