Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Reflection - Argumentative Writing & Debates



In the second unit, grade 9 learned about argumentative writing & debates. Argumentative writing is a writing to persuade the reader to agree with our topic. I also learned that we should put several things which are topic sentence, format, counter arguments, thesis statements, APA referencing, intro background and reasons. The assignment that Ms. H gave to us for the Argumentative Writing is to write an essay and we have to choose our topic by our self. My topic was "Small Lockers at School" and I think, I have followed some of the points in the criteria. I put the thesis statement correctly, I citate my resources, I have a clear format, which is Pro-Pro-Con, and I use APA referencing. Although, I still need to improve my skills in citating references and make a better essay to get a better score.

Debate is a formal contest of Argumentation between two teams. In debate, there are Affirmative, Opposition & Rebuttal. I'm the first speaker of the affirmative group. I felt really nervous but I tried to calm my self and speak louder so that my friends and the judges can hear my voice. 


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