Claim: The effects that standardized tests have on public school education are not beneficial and standardized tests should be completely eliminated from our education system.
Reasons:
-Promotes cheating
-Not an effective measurement
-Excessive testing=anxiety
-Discrimination
Counterargument:
Standardized testing is an effective measurement of student success--- using surprising reversal.
Organization:
I will use my claim to bring in my supporting points, and create a thesis. Then, I was thinking that I would have my next paragraph be about my counterargument, using surprising reversal. After that, I am going to have a paragraph for each of my main points (Promotes cheating, not an effective measurement excessive testing= anxiety, discrimination). I will then have a paragraph about my solution, which is eliminating standardized tests completely Then I will have a conclusion to recap everything.
Hi, Heather; great job stating the proposal part of your claim but make this thesis complete by attaching the reasons to the proposal for one overall statement. Try to get it all in one sentence using the word "because." Also work your surprising reversal into the sentence using an "although" statement at the beginning. the organization part looks good. 15/15 Thanks, Amy
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