For the next three weeks, students will be focusing on the following skills:
- Writing a strong claim.
- Citing Evidence from Credible Sources
- Introducing MLA citation
Language Arts students will be examining this prompt: Should teenagers be allowed to make medical decisions regardless of what their parents or doctors might say?
Students will be using the following sources:
- My Sister’s Keeper film (2009)
- Chicago Tribune 2015 Editorial, “Saving a teen from cancer… and her own impulses.”
- Medical Journal “What Rights Do Minors Have to Refuse Medical Treatment”
- The Guardian 2016 article “Should children be able to give consent for medical treatment?”
- Medical School Blog The Ethical Dilemma of Forced Chemotherapy on a Teen”
- Academic Medical Journal: Children should be more involved in healthcare decisions that affect them.”
- Kids Health Entry: Giving Teens a Voice in Health Care Decisions
- New York Times article “When a Child Refuses Chemotherapy”
In preparation for this unit, students will be working on finding strong evidence (Standard 10.1), writing a strong claim (Standard 10.2), and supporting their claim and evidence with solid reasoning.
TIMELINE* FOR Argumentative Writing Unit:
- Brainstorming (in-class) Thursday, November 8th
- Outline due Monday, November 13th
- Rough Draft (in-class) Tuesday, November 14th – Thursday, November 16th
- Rough Draft DUE Monday, November 19th
- Peer-Edits & Revisions Monday, November 19th and Tuesday, November 20th
Students’ argumentative essays are due November 29th – uploaded via Google Classroom.
*Of course, due dates are subject to change based on students’ progress with each step of the writing process.
Today we had a great lesson. Thank you Ms.Sabbagh❤️