I can use convincing reasoning and appropriate evidence from the texts to support my point of view in a class debate.
1. POL Opener: Kelley (Next time: Chandler)
2. Incentives for Charity Essay
- Great thinking going on!
- Good use of examples--NHS, mandatory school volunteerism, Cancer research, giving to Goodwill…
- Reasoning--explain your thinking clearly--is this an ends justifies the means situation? Does being incentivized to get started maybe motivate people to donate without incentives in the future? Is it Ok to offer incentives in some cases but not others?
- Make your argument more complex by tackling some of the more nuanced parts of the issue--remember, often there isn’t just a yah/nay or right and wrong side…
- Finally, writing style matters! Keep fine-tuning your writing by practicing new things in class!
3. Debate: should Americans donate a significantly greater amount of money to charities to solve world poverty?
Rules/Guidelines:
- You’ll be assigned a side
- Reference the texts at least once or more when possible
- Both support your side and counter the other side
- Explain your reasoning--bring in outside thinking, analogies, arguments, etc.
- Everyone on your team must have a turn to talk
- Timing: Each side will have 2 minutes to present “opening” arguments. Then, we’ll let the sides discuss back and forth for 10 minutes. Then, 2 minutes each to close.
HW: Check this out--this topic was an AP essay way back when!
Read the prompt carefully--what exactly is it asking you to do? How is it different from the “Incentives for Charity” prompt that you did?
This will not be an “authentic” AP experience since we have spent several class periods thinking and debating this topic. Therefore, you can spend more time on this essay and try to tackle some of the complexities of writing arguments that we discussed (such as weighing both sides, going deeper in your analysis of the pros and cons, strong voice, etc.) You should have much fodder now!
Essay due on Tuesday!
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