Writing an Argument Paragraph:
Argument Prompt:
Develop an argument for why all schools in Michigan should or should not go to a year-round calendar. Begin by making a clear, debatable claim. Provide at least three pieces of evidence to support and prove your claim, including one piece of evidence from a credible secondary source. End your paragraph with a strong statement that summarizes your point.
Develop an argument for why all schools in Michigan should or should not go to a year-round calendar. Begin by making a clear, debatable claim. Provide at least three pieces of evidence to support and prove your claim, including one piece of evidence from a credible secondary source. End your paragraph with a strong statement that summarizes your point.
Evaluating Websites Tutorial:
http://lib.colostate.edu/tutorials/webeval.html
http://lib.colostate.edu/tutorials/webeval.html
Website Credibility Activity:
- Gary Petersen's blog: http://garrettpetersen.blogspot.com/2012/04/year-round-schooling-coming-to-bc.html
- YouDebate.com: http://www.youdebate.com/DEBATES/year-round_school.HTM
- Anti-Essays.com: http://www.antiessays.com/free-essays/Year-Round-School-Debate-153330.html
You Try:
- National Education Association: http://www.nea.org/tools/17057.htm (This link does not work, but evaluate the website name and the information that it provides.)
- Stop Year-Round School in Auburn: http://webhome.auburn.edu/~enebasa/home.pp.html
- Education Week: http://www.edweek.org/ew/issues/year-round-schooling/
- National Association for Year-Round Education: http://www.nayre.org/
- This source was removed because the link no longer worked. It was a blog from someone who was not an expert on education. She was very opinionated, and there was no evidence to prove her thinking. What do you think it would be?
- The Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/05/AR2009060501971.html
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year-round_school_in_the_United_States
- debatepedia: http://dbp.idebate.org/en/index.php/Debate:_Year-round_school ((This link does not work, but evaluate the website name and the information that it provides.)
Citing Sources:
- MLA In-Text Citations: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/2/
- MLA List of Works Cited: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/12/