I was at a writing conference today and so everyone was working with a substitute. The focus of today's class was building on the thesis and claims work we started in class yesterday.
In class, people started with the claims they established for homework and worked to make those more powerful. Once claims were established they were used to start creating an outline by identifying evidence that supports these claims. For this, I provided students with an outline sheet for each part of their argument (see handouts below).
Handouts:
Argument creation sheet
Formal Debate - Arguments and Evidence Sheet
Homework:
Complete the arguments and evidence sheet for each of your 2 - 3 arguments.
