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5. Read the following list of claims relating to controversies from society today and place a check mark to indicate whether you agree or disagree with each one.
Anticipation Guide: Exploring Hot Topics
Social networking should be banned at school.
Agree
Disagree
Cell phones and other electronic devices should be banned at school.
Banning homework would hurt a student’s education.
Certain books should be banned from school.
Junk food should be banned from schools.
Schools should ban peanut butter.
Kids should be banned from appearing on reality television.
Plastic bags should be banned.
Plastic water bottles should be banned.
Skateboarding should be banned in public places.
Dangerous sports such as motor racing and boxing should be banned.
Pit bulls should be banned as pets.
Exotic animals should be banned as pets.
Football should be banned in middle school.
Teenagers should be banned from playing violent video games.
6. Freewrite: A controversial topic I feel strongly about is
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readING lINk
Read and Respond
Are any controversial
topics represented in your Write your answers to the following: independent reading book?
one yet.
Check Your Understanding
• three things you have learned about an argument
• two hot topics that interest you, and why
• one thing you learned about paraphrasing topics, if you have formed
Write about them in your Reader/Writer Notebook. Share your opinion on the
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