Research & Writing on a Controversial Issue:
Argument & Counterclaim
Click the Online Research Library on your student portal or click button link for SIRS Issue Researcher.
Pre-Approved Topic Choices Student Athlete Compensation Social Media Body Image Climate Change Animal Rights Electronic Cigarettes/ Vaping Video Games Undocumented Immigration Bullying Cyberbullying Cosmetic Surgery Cell Phones in School School Shootings Sanctuary Cities Police Brutality Minimum Wage |
EACH DAY YOU'RE WORKING ON RESEARCH:
Log in to GCPS portal and Google Workspace for Education in addition to this Media Center page. Open a copy of this Google Doc and add your name to the front of its title instead of "copy of" before inserting it as a QuickLink on eClass or pasting a Share link to it in the period folder under Assignments. As you fill the Research Doc, your teacher will see your additions. GCPS Database passwords can be found through a link next to the ORL button on portal as shown above.
Students interested in a particular topic NOT listed to the left can seek approval from their teacher for their choice.
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Research Step-by-Step
Use the search box or the Leading Issues link to browse for your focus.
- Choose two of the Leading Issues from SIRS Issues Researcher listed above (or one you've cleared with the teacher) and open the links provided.
- Examine summary of opinions on that issue, the Critical Questions, and the Timeline for both issues.
- Fill in the purple portion of the Research Collection Doc for Argumentative Speech with the two topics considered, your highlighted choice, and your rationale. Use ONE direct quotation from each topic overview in explaining why you chose one over the other. Explain your thinking and choices fully.
- Paste the viewpoint (#1 or #2) you are going to prove in the green section.
- Select one of the three listed articles on the viewpoint side you will argue in your claim/ thesis or another that supports your take on the thesis best.
- Paste its citation into the appropriate box and capture its parenthetical citation as well for the WARRANT box sentences.
- Read that article for convincing factual evidence to support your claim, pasting the three most convincing pieces of evidence into the DATA column.
- Write your warrant sentences for each piece of evidence to capture its information AND explain how and why it proves your claim.
- Repeat the process of choosing, citing, reading a source on the counterclaim side of the issue, selecting two best pieces of COUNTERCLAIM evidence.
- Write your REBUTTAL sentences for each piece of evidence to capture its information and explain why and how it is less convincing or flawed compared to your claim.
- Sentences of WARRANT and REBUTTAL will cite authors with appropriate author tags. (See PDF "Integrating Sources with Author Tags" above for ideas and guidance.)