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How to Write an Effective Argumentative EssayPre-Writing1.Choose a debatable topic. 2.Choose a side. Be clear on your decision. 3.Think of at least three different reasons to support your decision. 4.Think of what your opposition may say. You will want to address this in your essay and express why they are wrong.Your Essay: Paragraph 1-Introduction: 1.Hook-Grab your reader’s attention with an introductory technique (Anecdote, Rhetorical Question, Dialogue, or Fact) 2.Thesis Statement-Your thesis statement should include your claim (opinion) and three reasons to support it. These reasons will be your three main body paragraphs. Paragraph 2-4-Reasons to support your claim: 1.Start with a transition word to indicate to your reader the order of your reasons. Use transitions throughout your essay. 2.State your claim with the first (p2), second (p3), third (p4) reasons 3.Provide details that clarify your reason. Give examples and personal anecdotes throughout your paragraphs. 4.Address the opposing viewpoint and tell why it is incorrect. Paragraph 5-Conclusion: 1.Mirror your introduction with a conclusion technique (Update, Answer, Response, or Feeling).2.Restate your thesis-claim and three main reasons. 3.Call to action-tell the reader what they can do to support your claim. Should Schools Teach You How to Be Happy?Claim – Schools should model how to make the best of undesirable situations.Anecdote (story that Helps you understand the writers position):Doris goes to a new school she hates. She has fewer friends than she had at her old school. She is shy, and she does not know if the kids at this school would appreciate her style. Her second period teacher seems pretty understanding. She always compliments her outfits and tells her corny jokes. Next week, she has to sit by another new girl in class. Things might get better. Doris’s situation is much like other kids in school. Teachers should teach students how to adapt, take risks and make the best of undesirable situations.Rhetorical QuestionHow can a teacher educate students on the academic curriculum and social-emotional health? Teachers are with students more than students are with their parents sometimes, so teachers become the models of how to adapt to undesirable situations, taking risks that could help students, and making positive changes for the better.Dialogue“I hate this new school,” Doris thought. New situations can be tough for young people. Students like Doris need teachers to show them how to make the best of undesirable situations. Teachers can show students how to adapt, take risks that could help them in the long run, and to make positive changes. FactIn 2020, a global pandemic shifted the culture of the world. People had to change the way they did everything to remain safe but still retain a quality of life. Specifically, schools re-opened almost entirely in a virtual setting. Both teachers and students had to make quick changes with very little instruction or expectation of what was to come. In such cases, teachers are required to teach students how to adapt to undesirable situations, take risks that may be helpful overall, and make positive changes.Update –The next week at school, Doris made a new friend. The new girl, Sam has some of the same interests. They both were not too keen on being forced to sit together, but that worked out. Doris took a risk when she showed Sam her art, but Sam had some good ideas about Doris’s shading. The two students took the teachers advice to start an anime club at the school, and now they have a club they love. Teachers can teach students how to make the best of undesirable situations and improve the school as a whole.AnswerTeachers can teach curriculum as well as model how adapt, take risks, and make positive changes. Teachers expose their own humanity when they counsel students, support students when they take risks, and praise positive changes. When teachers are honest about their discomfort in undesirable situations and show students how to respond positively, it builds trust and community in schools. ResponseIt is understandable that students can feel helpless in undesirable situations. We cannot always control the world around us. Teachers can show students how to adapt, take risks, and make positive changes if they first build positive relationships with students. After all, education is more than just books. Its behavior first. FeelingThe year 2020 was trash overall. But some resilient people rose from the ashes! Teacher and students came out stronger because they worked together, adapting to immediate changes, taking risks, and making changes to how education is implemented overall. 2021 has been the best year yet! ................
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