Reference no: EM133156471 , Length: word count:1000
Argumentative Essay
Inclusive Playgrounds Safety
Introduction
1. Do you have a hook?
1. Do you have 'connecting Information'?
2. Is your last sentence your thesis Statement?
3. Do you have 4 sentences in your introduction?
1st Body Paragraph
4. Does your 1st body paragraph have a topic sentence (topic + supportive idea)?
5. Does your 1st body paragraph have supporting evidence?
6. Did you explain your evidence?
7. Do you have an ending sentence?
2nd Body Paragraph
8. Does your 2nd body paragraph have a topic sentence
(topic + supportive idea)?
9. Does your 2nd body paragraph have supporting evidence?
10. Did you explain your evidence?
11. Do you have an ending sentence?
3rd Body Paragraph
12. Does your 3rd body paragraph have a topic sentence
(topic + supportive idea)?
13. Does your 3rd body paragraph have supporting evidence?
14. Did you explain your evidence?
15. Do you have an ending sentence?
Counterargument/ Refutation
1. Did you add your paragraph?
***follow the outline from W34L1
Conclusion
16. Did you summarize the main point of your essay (restate your thesis)?
17. Did you write a suggestion, an opinion, or a prediction?
18. Do you have 4 sentences in your conclusion?
Essay Requirements
19. Did you include 1-2 sources in your essay?
20. Did you include 4 citations?
3. Did you check your essay for grammar using C.U.P.S? (capitalization, understanding, punctuation, spelling)
4. Did you write 500-1000 words?
5. Is your essay 'MLA' formatted correctly?
6.Do you have a Works Cited page?
Your criteria for this essay:
• Criterion B: Organizing
I. Your argument essay is organized with your supportive ideas, adding a counterargument, and then refuting your idea to be better
II. Organize your argumentative essay so that your supportive ideas are stated clearly, in an organized way, and reiterated at the end
III. MLA formatted with citations (1-4 depending on your group) and a Works Cited page with 1-3 sources. Again, depending on your group. Your whole document needs to be formatted with the font, letter size, spacing, header, page numbers, and title.
• Criterion C: Producing Text
IV. Creating the main sentences to guide the reader through your essay: the thesis statement, topic sentences, and a concluding statement. Also, using transitions and sentence starters to signal when you move to a new idea or add evidence from a text.
V. Selecting relevant details and examples to develop ideas.
• Criterion D: Using Language
VI. Use appropriate and varied vocabulary, sentence structures and forms of expression
VII. Write in an appropriate formal tone for an argument essay. You should state your points firmly yet you should still be professional in your voice.
VIII. Use correct grammar, syntax and punctuation
IX. Spell and write with accuracy