Planning and Brainstorming
Practices
Planning and Brainstorming - Practice 1
Before writing your argumentative essay, you must gather information about the topic. In groups of four, please list the pros and cons of each topic below.
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ICT in the field of medicine is important
Pros: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Cons: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Students should be allowed to bring mobile phones to school
Pros: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Cons: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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How young is too young to use social media?
Pros: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Cons: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Planning and Brainstorming - Practice 2
In groups of four, complete the argumentative outline on the following topics. Ensure you have the thesis statements, claim, ground, warrant, backing, rebuttal, and qualifiers. You are advised to use the outline given.
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ICT in the field of medicine is important
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Students should be allowed to bring mobile phones to school
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How young is too young to use social media
