Research and Drafting

Goal: Make tremendous progress on our argument essays including more research and even begin drafting.

Agenda: 
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Adding Citations
Working/writing time

Citing your research: 

• You need to do more research about your topic, even if you already know a lot about it because the research will make you more knowledgeable AND when you can cite the research in your writing it will make you more credible too. 
• I made you a short video about how to create an MLA citation for your research sources. WATCH VIDEO. 

Drafting tips: 

• Focus today on explaining the problem. Will your audience agree that it is a problem or do you need to convince them that this is a problem. 
• As much as you can try to use facts, and specific details about the problem. Sometimes statistics help too. 
• If you want to watch Mrs. R write a paragraph to explain why her topic is a serious problem you can find that HERE. 

Reminders: 

• A complete draft of your argument essay is due TUESDAY 12/17 so that you can get feedback from your writing group before the final draft is due. 
• Keep reading book #5.