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Kianna Summers essay -

Persuasive Essay Links - Click to launch the article for your topic.

**__ Pro – Con Links: __** 1. Click on the " At Issue " link for your topic.  2. View the video clip and select 2 articles from each view to read. 3. Determine your claim. Which side do you favor?  4. Use the selected articles to identify support for your claim. Why do you favor the side that you do?

** Homework: ** Should homework be eliminated? [|At Issue: Homework] //ProQuest LLC// 2012; Lexile Score: __1130__; 5K, SIRS Issues Researcher

** Paying Students for Grades: ** Should students be paid for good grades? [|At Issue: Paying for Grades] //ProQuest LLC// 2012; Lexile Score: __1130__; 6K, SIRS Issues Researcher

** School Uniforms: ** Should students be required to wear school uniforms? [|At Issue: School Uniforms] //ProQuest LLC// 2012; Lexile Score: __1270__; 6K, SIRS Issues Researcher

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">** Cell Phones in Schools: ** Should cell phones be allowed in/used in schools?

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|At Issue: Cell Phones in School] <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">//ProQuest LLC// 2012; Lexile Score: __1260__; 5K, SIRS Issues Researcher

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">** Bullying: ** Are school's anti-bullying techniques successful? <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|At Issue: Bullying] <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">//ProQuest LLC// 2012; Lexile Score: __1230__; 5K, SIRS Issues Researcher

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**Fact & Opinion:**
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 * Multiple-Meaning Words Practice:**
 * http://www.quia.com/quiz/285438.html?AP_rand=1087694748
 * http://www.tv411.org/lessons/cfm/vocabulary.cfm?num=11&act=2&que=1

http://www.tv411.org/lessons/cfm/vocabulary.cfm?num=11&act=2&que=1
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 * [|http://www.bristol.ac.uk/arts/exercises/grammar/grammar_tutorial/page_43.htm#colonexercises]


 * Commas**
 * [|http://www.bristol.ac.uk/arts/exercises/grammar/grammar_tutorial/page_45.htm#commaexercise]
 * [|http://www.bristol.ac.uk/arts/exercises/grammar/grammar_tutorial/page_46.htm#commaexercise2]


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**<span style="color: #4400ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 160%;">Enrichment 2-24 Practice **
<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Enrichment Directions for 3-24:

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">Main Ideas & Details Note Sheet:

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">Main Idea - Pyramid Plunder video: media type="file" key="Main_Idea__Pyramid_Plunder.mov" width="300" height="300"

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Supporting Details - "Cigarette Smoking" video: media type="file" key="Supporting_Details.mov" width="300" height="300"