Ms. Corson's English Website
Worksheet directions can be found at the bottom of this page.
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Nonfiction
#1 Fact/Opinion worksheet (1st side) Worksheet, Fact opinions.docx
Please fill out using the 1st article that you chose.
#2 Pyramid worksheet (front) Worksheet, Non-fiction Pyramid.docx
Please fill out using the 2nd article that you chose.
#3 Pyramid worksheet (back)
Please fill out using the 2nd article that you chose.
#4 3 Reasons 3 Facts worksheet Worksheet, Persuasive Essay.docx
Please fill out using a 3rd article.
#5 Light bulb graphic organizer Worksheet, Persuasive Essay.docx
Please fill out using a 4th article.
#6 Persuasive essay plan www.procon.org
Choose a debate topic from one of my articles OR from Procon .
This essay is a persuasive autobiography, so it needs to be about something about which you care deeply AND
something that is in your personal experience.
#7 Fill in the back of worksheet #1 using procon.org - Position 1 is the Pro. Position 2 is the Con.
Choose a side. Fill in your position on the topic and in the bottom box add your personal reasons why you have that position.
ASK ME to help you do what comes next.
Write your topic sentence. Fill in the correct graphic organizer (see below).
proand con persuasive essay graphics with sources.xlsx Use the Pro one 1st nine weeks.
Use the Con one 2nd nine weeks. The bibliography form is needed for both essays.
You must use articles, websites, books, magazine or newspaper articles, or interviews to support your positions AND you must be able to use your own personal experiences (i.e. the autobiography in persuasive autobiography).
Your essay will conclude with a work(s) cited reference and it will include internal parenthetical documentation giving credit to the source.
