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Common Core Argumentative Essay

Common Core Argumentative Essay. Objectives: Write an argumentative essay to support claim in an analysis of text using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence . Bell Ringer: How do you begin an argumentative essay? . Announcements.

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Common Core Argumentative Essay

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  1. Common Core Argumentative Essay • Objectives: Write an argumentative essay to support claim in an analysis of text using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence. • Bell Ringer: How do you begin an argumentative essay?

  2. Announcements • NYS Regents Retakes: See Mrs. Simmons-Angelo to sign up • Homework: Parent email/signature • Homework Annotations • Introduction: loose leaf paper….. • TODAY WE WILL WRITE OUR INTRODUCTION

  3. Hook I will be reading approx. 50 essays, make yours interesting from the start! A hook is the first one or two lines of the essay and should catch the readers attention. Options for a hook include a quote, a shocking statistic or a rhetorical question. For example, you could start your essay with the question, "How much more catastrophic weather and earthquake activity will it take until we grapple with the issue of global warming?"

  4. Background • An introduction in an argumentative essay should provide the reader with background information to help set up and explain the issue. However, it should be only an overview of the most important information. For example, if you are writing about the motivation behind the creation of the Declaration of Independence, you don't want to recount all of history from 1492 to the American Revolution. Be discerning and select just enough material to provide a platform for your main argument.

  5. Tone • Keep in mind that your primary audience is your ME, so maintain a professional and academic tone. You don't want to unnaturally cram in big words just to impress me, you DO want to communicate that you are a valid and mature voice making an argument on an issue. Clark College states that "your readers need to know that you have studied the topic, that you are being open and fair-minded about it, and that you can understand their points of view.”

  6. Thesis Statement • While you shouldn't begin presenting specific evidence in your introduction -- that belongs in the body paragraphs -- your thesis statement should not be too broad. Often students are concerned with "giving too much away" in their thesis statements, and consequently leave them too general.

  7. Thesis Statement • To compose a thesis that is precise and well developed, READ IT TO YOURSELF and make certain it answers the questions “SO WHAT," “HOW" and “WHY?“. • For example, the thesis "Big cars are bad for the environment" is too broad. How are big cars bad? And why does it matter? A more effective thesis statement would be, "Big cars harm society and the environment BECAUSE they are costly and dangerous to smaller vehicles on the road, and they further America's dependency on foreign oil."

  8. Introduction: • Hook • Background • Tone Appropriate • Thesis Statement

  9. Closure: Homework: Introduction paragraph for the argumentative essay is due TOMORROW! • What did you learn from today’s lesson? Was the lesson clear? Explain.

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