-The Assignment:
Now that you have read and discussed Alfie Kohns article, From Degrading to De-Grading, write an argument in which you take a position on the relevance and necessity of grades in the education system. What purpose do they serve? Are they necessary? And why? Remember to support your claim with evidence and logical reasoning.
-The Evaluation Criteria:
I will be assessing your essay based on the following:
The strength of your thesis
The strength of your evidence
The strength of your logical reasoning
The effective acknowledgement and rebuttal of the counterarguments
Your essay should have a strong organizational structureyour ideas should flow one from another in a logical manner
– The structure of the essay must be:
1)Introduction:
a) some argument background about the topic.
b) Thesis: position against or with grading and why(claim).
2) Body
Paragraph 1: reason 1, provide evidences and examples.
paragraph 2: reason 2, provide evidences and examples.
paragraph 3: reason 3, provide evidences and examples.
paragraph 4: reason 4, provide evidences and examples.
( it could be more than 4 reasons)
counter argument 1, rebuttals (opposing views)
counter argument 2, rebuttals (opposing views)
( it could more than 2 arguments).
3) conclusion:
a) restate of thesis statement.
b) conclude.
Notes:
– please read the attached article( use it as source, its very helpful)
– please use sources that I can get a copy of it.
– please use the same structure of essay as mentioned above ( fit it in the 5 pages essay it depend you can use less reasons or more but it must be within 5 pages)( same to counter arguments)
– dont quote a lot from the sources ( own words).
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