03.02 Get ready to argue

Open the updated worksheet

Use the Canvas assignment to download the updated worksheet. Canvas says to follow it and the attached rubric instead of the lesson’s older assignment instructions.

Choose your own prompt

The four allowed issues concern extracurricular sports and study, advertising and young people’s junk-food consumption, technology and young children’s development, or graffiti as punishable damage versus protected art. Read the exact prompts in the worksheet. You choose the issue and your position.

Record two credible sources

For each source, record author if available, article title, website or book title, URL, publication date, and access date. Include the URL even when there is no author. Explain in 2–3 sentences how each source supports your position.

Check the research before using it

Check currency for this topic, reliable evidence, the author’s authority, and the source’s purpose. Read evidence for both sides. Record direct quotations accurately and keep them distinct from your own notes.

Write the two positions yourself

Write a one-sentence claim and a one-sentence counterclaim. Both must address the selected prompt; the counterclaim takes the opposite position. Let the evidence guide the reasons you give.

Reflect on the real process

Answer both added questions. Did research refine, narrow, or shift your claim or question, and why? At what specific point did you encounter a problem or adjust your approach, and what did you do differently? Keep this account true to your own work.

Build the introduction

Write an engaging hook. Follow it with a 2–4-sentence bridge giving necessary background and a potential problem with the opposition’s position. End with one sentence combining the counterclaim and claim. Write every sentence yourself.

Check all 70 points

The updated rubric allocates 5 points to prompt, 20 to sources, 10 to claim and counterclaim, 10 to research reflections, 20 to introduction, and 5 to grammar. Check every worksheet field before saving.

Save and submit

Open the saved file and check that your work is present. In Canvas choose Upload, select your file, check the file name, then click Submit Assignment. Selecting a file alone does not submit it.

Final checklist

Tick these off as you go. Saved in this browser.

• I identified one of the four allowed prompts.
• I recorded two sources with URLs and source details, plus a 2–3-sentence explanation for each.
• I wrote my claim and counterclaim in one sentence each.
• I answered both research-reflection questions with my own real process.
• My introduction has a hook, a 2–4-sentence bridge, and a final sentence combining both positions.
• I checked grammar, saved the updated worksheet, and verified the Canvas submission.