Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Writing Counterclaims

Today's Goal: Examine possible counterclaims to your thesis, gather evidence and express your rebuttal.

The Plan:

  1. Read
  2. Discuss writing your counterclaim paragraph
  3. Continue working on your essay!



Counterclaim:
An opposing viewpoint related to your thesis. If someone disagreed with your point of view, what would they say?

Evidence from text:
What evidence would support the opposing viewpoint?

Rebuttal: 
The reasons why you believe that the opposing viewpoint and its evidence are not valid.




Reminders:
If you missed the Socratic seminar, it is your responsibility to talk to me after class, at lunch, or after school about how you can make up those points.

Your final book review is due on June 10.

If there's no score in Powerschool, I haven't graded it, and I do not know exactly when that will be done. I apologize, but please be patient. I will put those in as soon as possible.

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