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Writing an argumentative letter embedded aSSeSSmeNT 2
Assignment
Think about a topic (subject, event, idea, or controversy) that you truly care about and take a position on it. Write an argumentative letter to convince an audience to support your position on the topic.
Planning and Prewriting: Take time to make a plan for generating ideas and research questions.
• What is a relevant topic that you care about and can take a position on?
• How can you use a prewriting strategy such as prewriting or webbing to explore your ideas?
• What questions will guide your research?
Researching: Gather information from a variety of credible sources.
• Where can you find sources, and how can you tell that the sources are credible and useful?
• Which strategies will you use to help you understand informational texts?
• How will you take notes by paraphrasing reasons and evidence and recording bibliographic information?
Drafting: Write an argumentative letter that is appropriate for your task, purpose, and audience.
• How will you select the best reasons and evidence from your research?
• Who is the audience for your letter, and what would be an appropriate tone and style for this audience?
Evaluating and Revising the Draft: Create opportunities to review and revise your work.
• During the process of writing, when can you pause to share with and respond to others?
• What is your plan to add suggestions and revision ideas into your draft?
• How can you revise your draft to improve your diction and syntax?
• How can the Scoring Guide help you evaluate how well your draft meets the requirements of the assignment?
Checking and Editing for Publication: Confirm that your final draft is ready for publication.
• How will you check for grammatical and technical accuracy?
Reflection
After completing this Embedded Assessment, think about how you went about accomplishing this task, and respond to the following:
• What were the strongest elements of your argument?
• How did you use emotional appeals to connect with your audience?
my Notes
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Technology TIP:
Use a word-processing program to help you format your letter correctly and
to make it easy to make corrections for preparing a publishable draft.
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