ARGUMENT ESSAY

Where is a claim found?

• Introduction

• Support Paragraph

• Counterargument

• Conclusion

Does the sentence state a fact or an opinion?After the 2010 Olympics, speed skater Apolo Ohno had more medals than any other U.S. Winter Olympian.

• fact
• opinion

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Identify the claim

• Winter is better than summer.
• Students should wear school uniforms.
• I like tacos better than burritos.
• Humans are mammals.

What must a claim be?

• arguable
• a fact
• an opinion
• boring

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.K.1D

Illegal immigrants should be eligible for in-state college tuition. 

• Claim
• Non-Claim

No cell phone use in school, unless approved by a teacher, is an LCCS policy. 

• Claim
• Non-Claim

Listening to music in class helps students focus, not get distracted, while working.

• Claim
• Non-Claim

In what paragraph should you include the hook?

• Introduction
• 1st body paragraph
• Counterclaim paragraph
• Conclusion

What should each body paragraph include?

• reason
• evidence
• explanation
• all of the above

Tags

CCSS.W.8.1A

CCSS.W.8.1B

CCSS.W.8.2B

What is a rebuttal?

• How you prove the counterclaim is weak. Pretty much a roast.
• The evidence that your counterclaim is correct.
• Something you have to include in the conclusion.
• Proving the opposite side is correct.