ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY You will have three

ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY

ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY You will have three options for your argumentative paper. This paper will be based on your opinion and will not need outside sources. We will revisit this assignment at the end of the year…. and then you will need to find support for your argument. You will complete three mini lessons, an outline, rough draft, and your final draft will uploaded to turnitin. com. This is will all be completed before you leave for Thanksgiving break. Argumentative Topics: Would students benefit from a longer school day if it meant having a shorter school week? Should Do drug testing for all school activities be mandatory? video games cause violence?

MINI LESSON EXAMPLE: ANIMAL RESEARCH TESTING Thesis Statement (Take a side): Scientists and researchers should continue to conduct animal research testing in order to further advance human technology and health. Two Supports: 1. If there wasn’t animal research testing we would not have the medicines we use, nor shampoo or any other product to keep us sanitary. 2. Animal research testing has also led to learning how to make genetic clones. This helps with making transplants whether it be a heart or another organ.

MINI LESSON EXAMPLE: ANIMAL RESEARCH TESTING Counter Argument (The opposite side of you main argument): This is animal cruelty, and animals die because of this. They wouldn’t do this to a human, so why do it to animals. Reply Argument (My main argument outweighs the counter argument): Animals do die, but animals like mice and rabbits tend to multiply faster. And yes, they do, one of the final steps in medical research is to test it on human beings and see how it affects them. One Support: 1. Mice and rabbits reproduce so quickly that it would not matter if we took a hundred or so from the wild to breed and test on in a lab.

Mini Lesson 1: Would students benefit from a longer school day if it mean having a shorter school week? Thesis Statement (Take a side): Two Supports: 1. 2. Counter Argument (The opposite side of you main argument): Reply Argument (My main argument outweighs the counter argument): One Support: 1.

MAKE IT HAPPEN!! Remember this will eventually be one of your choices for your bigger essay, so work HARD! Ask for help if you don’t understand! This is due at the end of the period.