Controlled Argument Essay
Step 1 – Choose your topic in Week 5 – either
Students being armed on college campuses OR
Year-round schooling.
Step 2 – Read the two articles that correspond to your topic (found in the Week 5 lecture). Complete the Provided Sources Activity by the end of Week 5.
Step 3 – Write your essay – due at the end of Week 8!
Essay components:
Introduction (one paragraph)
Reveal broad knowledge of the overall topic
Focus/preview the major points of your essay
Include your thesis (We will workshop it in Week 6’s discussion)
Body (two to three paragraphs)
Make your major points to support the thesis
Include a thorough and well supported argument/discussion
Address the opposition (one paragraph)
Introduce the opposing argument
Acknowledge the parts of that argument that are valid
Counter the argument
Introduce the conclusion
Conclusion (one paragraph)
Why students shouldn’t have guns on College campuses. See attachments below
