Overview
This prompt asks students to argue a position using evidence from a text.
Follow these steps to customize this argument/analysis task.
- Review the steps in the handout "Plan for Write to the Source."
- Review the sample task and then fill in the task template fields below the sample task.
- Review the handout "Argument Writing Rubric." Adapt as necessary.
Sample Task
Essential Question: How does society support or suppress our individual identities?
Text Title(s): Read "The Problem that has No Name."
Suggested Writing Product: Write an essay that argues your position on the question. Defend your position using evidence from the text.
Additional Task Demand: Develop your argument by including relevant personal experience.
