How to write an argumentative essayIn AP Lit this week we mostly focused on College Ready Writing Program assignments and activities. The activities we did in this program were centered around online tracking. We close read some articles, did a Save The Last Word activity, took partner notes, and had a small debate in class. All of these activities and assignments used group work, reading and writing skills, and helped formulate my own final opinion on online tracking. Then, in class, I wrote an argumentative essay on about why I am against any more government intervention with online tracking. I think the debate portion of the CRWP was the most fun and influential part of the program. I was part of the undecided group, so I got to ask the other two groups questions. This really helped me choose a side, which turned out to be the disagree side, because I saw how strong each team's arguments were and their personal opinions on the subject. I thought that the disagree with government intervention side had stronger points and it made more sense to my personal beliefs. After doing all this, writing the essay was very easy. This class has pushed me to think and write more quickly and because of this I am able to write a pretty good essay in very short amount of time. Mr. S also mentioned our new projected on storytelling where we are going to be writing This I Believe essays and then creating videos to go with them. I think this is a really unique project and I am eager to make the video portion of it. We watched a Ted Talk where a prisoner told a story that then developed into a belief he has. It was a really captivating speech and Mr. S showed us how the storytelling portion of his talk made us remember his whole speech more. This will be helpful when we go to write our This I Believe essays.
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