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Argumentative Essay About Cell Phone Use Argument Writing
EMbEddEd AssEssMENt
Use your completed graphic organizer and brainstorming document to help you as you begin to draft your argument essay. Review the elements of TLQC to help you weave in quotations from your research.
Be sure to include in your draft: • Present your claim clearly.
• Use evidence from your research to support your claim.
• Use the TLQC format to weave quotations smoothly into your writing.
• Use the active voice, but use one sentence in the passive voice for effect.
• Present a counterclaim and point out why the counterclaim is weak or wrong.
Step 5: Editing and Revising
Exchange drafts with your partner. Then review the scoring guide again and look at the Student Argument Text Exemplar, which you will receive from your teacher. Read each other’s drafts. Use this checklist as you read your partner’s draft.
Peer Editing Checklist
Did the writer follow the prompt and state a clear claim that answers the prompt?
Did the writer include one reason and supporting evidence for the claim? Did the writer present and argue against a counterclaim?
Did the writer use the TLQC format to embed quotations smoothly into the essay?
Did the writer use the active voice effectively and include one use of the passive voice for effect?
Does the essay end with a restatement of the claim? Are there any spelling or punctuation mistakes?
Are there any grammar errors?
Could you explain that?
Look at the peer editing checklist that your partner completed. Use it to help you revise your draft. Use a classroom computer to revise and complete your draft. You may include graphics or photos from the Internet to include in your final draft, but make sure they are appropriate. Check your final essay against the scoring guide before you submit it to your teacher.
My Notes
The most convincing evidence in the writer’s argument is .
One thing I liked about the writer’s essay is .
I think the writer could do to improve the essay.
Unit 2 • The Challenge of Utopia • Part 3: Embedded Assessment 89
Writing Checklist
Review the Argument Writing Rubric. Review the Student Argument Writing Exemplar.
Review your draft. Participate in peer editing. Revise
Publish
Present
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