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looking at a model argumentative letter
aCTIvITy 3.10
Learning Targets
• Read closely to identify claim, reasons, and evidence and how they support an author’s purpose.
• Generate ideas and apply an organizational pattern to write an argumentative paragraph that supports a claim with sound reasons and evidence.
Preview
In this activity, you will read a student letter written in response to the argumentative prompt below and analyze and extend the argument it proposes.
Argumentative Prompt: Some state legislators believe that school libraries should not provide Internet access for students. Decide whether you agree or disagree with this position. Write a letter to convince state legislators to support your position.
Setting a Purpose for Reading
• As you read the student letter, mark the text and take notes in the margin to identify the claim, reasoning, and evidence provided.
• Circle unknown words and phrases. Try to determine the meaning of the words by using context clues, word parts, or a dictionary.
• Mark these parts of the letter: salutation, body, closing.
Student Letter
Dear Legislator,
1 We live in the 21st century and see technology all around us. Americans have access to the Internet almost everywhere, at home, on cell phones, and even at school. For some students, school is the only access they have to the Internet. The web also provides many more learning opportunities and prepares us students for high school and the real world. Internet access for students in school libraries is crucial for our success.
2 Students need school access to the Internet because computers and the price for Internet service can sometimes be too costly for a family. Internet service providers, such as Quest, charge an average of fifty dollars a month. Many times teachers assign projects that students need access to computers to complete. Internet access in the school library is sometimes the only option for numerous pupils. If that only option is taken away, innocent students will be penalized for not being able to fulfill a school project.
my Notes
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learNING STraTeGIeS:
Marking the Text, Brainstorming, Webbing, Writer’s Checklist
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