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“The Treasure of Lemon Brown” Persuasive Paragraph

UNLOCKING THE PROMPT ACTIVITY

Prompt: An important theme in The Treasure of Lemon Brown involves the meaning of the word “treasure”. Greg learns from Lemon Brown that the value of something is highly personal; only its owner can ever appreciate its real worth and pass it on to others. Do you agree or disagree with this claim? Support your claim by tracing Greg’s discovery of what “treasure” really means. Support your claim with valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence from the text, including direct quotes and page numbers.

UNLOCK THE PROMPT FOR “The Treasure of Lemon Brown”:

1.  What type of writing would you be doing for this assignment?

2.  What are the tasks, expectations, and “musts” that you will need to include in order to be successful on this writing assignment?

3.  Record your initial thesis here:

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1.  What is your first key idea?______

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2.  What is your second key idea? ______

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Persuasive Notes Name: ______

Framed Notes Date: ______Pd. ______

SLIDE 1: ARGUMENT

·  The word argument doesn’t always mean ______

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·  An argument in formal writing and speaking is a ______

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SLIDE 2: WHAT IS A STRONG ARGUMENT?

A strong argument …

·  Presents a claim, or ______. (Essentially, in writing, this would be your ______.)

·  Provides support, or ______. This includes ______, ______, and ______.

·  ______and attempts to answer those objections with counterarguments.

SLIDE 3: THE COUNTERARGUMENT

·  In order to build credibility with your audience, ______

______. In order to do this, you must be knowledgeable about ______of the issue.

SLIDE 9: CAUSE & EFFECT

·  A cause is an ______that directly results in ______.

·  An effect is the ______of an event or action.

·  Example: If school uniforms are required at CJHS, then student creativity will be stifled.

SLIDE 10: FACT VS. OPINION

·  Facts are statements that can be proved by ______, ______, or ______. They should not be accepted without ______to back them up.

EX. Studies show that students who clean their own school are less likely to litter or vandalize school property.

·  Opinions are statements or ______, ______, or ______which do not require proof.

EX. It’s wrong to make students clean the school.

·  Your opinion is your ______, your claim. You will use ______to back up your opinion!