12/2 Argument Writing Team Challenge

STUDENTS, FIRST COMPLETE THE FORM LINKED HERE.

Reminders

• Whenever you need help, please ask for it.
• Please write your homework in your assignment book.
• Please review the goal and agenda for the day (posted in the classroom).

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Today in class you will

•  present claims, evidence, and explanations.

Why?

• To deepen your understanding of human and physical geography.
• To help you become better at supporting arguments.
• To practice writing skills.

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DIRECTIONS

If you are ever waiting for a direction, please work on a sidequest or use PlaceSpotting by students, PlaceSpotting , Google A Day, or this Google Maps Scavenger Hunt or create a meme for one of our social studies topics from the year. (Don't search for the question or use a Google A Day answer site.)

1.  Discuss with someone near you what you will be doing in class today and why (see above).       1 minute

Do #2 through #9 if you did NOT do it last Tuesday.

2. Go to SDG Argument Writing in Google Classroom. Create a new doc WITHIN the assignment.        5 minutes

3. From your scrap paper, copy your response that you already have on what the SDG are. Paste it into the Assignment Doc.        5 minutes

  

4. From your evidence explanation doc, copy, for 3 goals, your evidence and explanations that you already have on what the SDG are. Do NOT copy the table. Each goal should be separated like a paragraph.  Paste it into the Assignment Doc after the first pasting.       5 minutes

5. From your scrap paper, copy your response that you already have on why it is important for people to know about the SDG.  Paste it into the Assignment Doc. This part should be last.        5 minutes.       

  

6.  In Google Classroom under resources, look at Argument Writing Structure under Argument Writing Support Materials.             5 minutes 

7.  Add a claim at the end of the first thing you pasted in your doc.             5 minutes

8.  Add a main idea before each of the goal paragraphs in your doc.             5 minutes

9.  At the start of the last thing you pasted in your doc, rewrite your claim in a different manner.            5 minutes

10.  Read the directions for the team challenge linked here.            5 minutes

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Parents: Instead of Asking Your Child, 
"What Did You Do in School Today?"

Ask them.......

• What did you do to improve your introduction, body paragraphs, and conclusion?