Since we just completed a unit, today would be a good day for a writing competition! Today's competition is going to give you the opportunity to practice your argumentative writing skills about a topic that interests you.
Follow the steps below:
1. Write as much as you can for 15 minutes in your English Journal about a current "hot topic" that interests you. Make a clear claim about your opinion on the topic, then support it with reasons and evidence. Not sure what to write about? Here are a few suggestions:
- Does technology make us more alone?
- What should be done to curb cyberbullying?
- What is more important: our privacy or national security?
- What should be done to prevent gun violence in schools?
- Is academic honesty a problem at our school?
- Should computers become the primary way that students learn in class?
2. Share with a group of 3 or 4. We will do this by CAREFULLY passing the Chromebooks.
3. Table groups will select the most successful.
4. I'll choose the overall classroom winner of the day!
