Research & Writing on a Controversial Issue: Speech or Debate
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EACH DAY YOU'RE WORKING ON RESEARCH:
Log in to GCPS portal, G Suite, Media Center page. Open a copy of this Google Doc to copy from here and rename your copy before inserting it as a QuickLink on eClass or pasting a Share link to it in the period folder dropbox. As you fill the Research Doc, your teacher will see your additions. Students interested in a particular topic NOT listed to the left can seek approval from Ms. Bell for their choice. |
Research Step-by-Step
- Choose two of the Leading Issues from SIRS Issues Researcher listed above 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. Expect various portions of the Google Doc to count as formative grades as specified by Ms. Bell, so explain your thinking and choices fully.
- Select one of the three listed articles on the viewpoint side you will argue in your claim/ thesis. Cite each article you choose to use for your argument in the yellow portion of the Google Doc, your working Works Cited. Also collect your citations in MyBib.Com for ease is formatting and pasting your MLA Works Cited for your speech as part of your summative grade.
- Read it for convincing factual evidence to support your claim. Use one of two options to save important quotations from your source: 1) Use the blue portion of the Research Collection Doc for Argumentative Speech to paste in quotations and write how each will help your argument OR 2) Save your article to Google Drive or paste it into a Google Doc, where you will highlight sentences you might want to cite to prove your argument.
- Repeat the process of reading a source on the counterclaim side of the issue and save your important quotations from the 2nd source with the method you chose in # 5.
- Then use one of the other databases or the ProCon website, especially Opposing Viewpoints or Issues, listed below to find a third source, once again on your claim side and follow the process of reading, pasting or marking best facts.
- Complete the REQUIRED Google Doc green section and red section, harvesting the best facts for your claim and counterclaim arguments.
RESOURCES |
<--Use this basic method of argument organization as explained by the Purdue OWL.
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Access all the databases by clicking Online Research Library on your student portal.
YOU MUST BE LOGGED INTO STUDENT PORTAL TO ACCESS THESE PAID RESOURCES.
Here are some of the suggested options:
YOU MUST BE LOGGED INTO STUDENT PORTAL TO ACCESS THESE PAID RESOURCES.
Here are some of the suggested options:
Click "Show all" to explore by themes or search by keyword for your focus.Same overall database publisher as Opposing Viewpoints but may have some unique content as well. |
One of the Galileo Databases featuring articles from popular magazines and newspapers. Try keywords in Advanced Search, full-text. |
Use this mega-search of Georgia's Galileo databases for wide net approach. Click Advanced Search to use multiple keywords or topics.
aks_argumentative_speech.pdf | |
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