Overview
This prompt asks students to form an argument that agrees or disagrees with the main idea of a text.
Follow these steps to customize this argument/comparison task:
- Review the steps in the handout "Plan for Write to the Source."
- Review the sample task and then fill in the task template fields below the sample task.
- Review the handout "Argument Writing Rubric." Adapt as necessary.
Sample task
Essential Question: How do individuals live together in a world with lots of different kinds of people?
Text Title(s): Read “Families Like Mine.”
Suggested Writing Product: Brainstorm a list of reasons you might agree or disagree with the main idea of the text. Choose to agree or disagree. Then use two ideas from the appropriate list to write a pamphlet showing why you agree or disagree with the writer’s argument.
Additional Task Demand: Make your argument persuasive by using at least one personal example to show why the opinion you are arguing for is true.
