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English 11B 2018-2019: Argumentative Essay
In this lesson you will be writing an argumentative essay Follow this prompt to begin drafting your paragraph In "Cleaning the Henhouse."
the Op-Ed columnist Nicholas D. Kristof writes: Inspections of lowa poultry farms linked to the salmonella outbreak have prompted
headlines about infestations with maggots and rodents. But the larger truth is industrial agriculture is itself unhealthy Repeated studies
have found that cramming hens into small cages results in more eggs with salmonella than in cage-free operations. As a trade journal,
World Poultry, acknowledged in May. "Salmonella thrives in cage housing Industrial operations - essentially factories of meat and eggs -
excel at manufacturing cheap food for the supermarket But there is evidence that this model is economically viable only because it
passes on health costs to the public - in the form of occasional salmonella, antibiotic-resistant diseases, polluted waters, food poisoning
and possibly certain cancers. That's why the president's cancer panel this year recommended that consumers turn to organic food if
possible - a stunning condemnation of our food system. Students. Tell us what you think about this issue. Do you agree with Mr. Kristof
that news like this should be a wake-up call to reform commercial farming? How aware are you, in general, of where your food comes
from and how it was produced?

Which sentence corrects the error in subject-verb agreement? a student who submits a research paper with a weak thesis and multiple sources is going to receive a higher grade than students who submit a research paper with a strong thesis and only a few sources. a student who submits a research paper with a weak thesis and multiple sources is going to receive a higher grade than students who submits a research paper with a strong thesis and only a few sources. a student who submit a research paper with a weak thesis and multiple sources are going to receive a higher grade than students who submit a research paper with a strong thesis and only a few sources. a student who submits a research paper with a weak thesis and multiple sources are going to receive a higher gesubmits a research paper with a strong thesis and only a few sources

Read and key the following paragraph. 1"the final phase of franklin's public service is themost spectacular. 2after his return to america he waselected to the second continental congress and served withjefferson and john adams on the committee which drafted thedeclaration of independence. 3then, in 1776, he wasappointed one of the three commissioners to seek military andnaval assistance from france. 4for nearly ten years pariswas his center of operations, and, in large part because ofhis personal popularity, he secured the much-needed supportof france and spain and eventually negotiate thetreaty of paris (1783), by which england recognized americanindependence. 5when he returned to america in 1785 he wasold and ill, yet he found strength to serve as a delegate tothe constitutional convention, and to continue his work withmany humanitarian and scientific societies." type the key words for sentence's 2. 3. 4. 5.

An expository essay instructs, provides information, or explains. in this essay, you are presenting information and explaining why you think the ideas and work of the individual you chose had an effect on european thought. but before you begin writing the essay, you need to organize the information you’ve gathered by creating an outline. directions: your taking notes sheet should have you identify and organize the information you found while doing your research. now it is time to create an outline to organize the information in the way you will present it in your essay. you may decide not to use all the information you gathered, but be sure you do not leave out anything that you believe is important to support your thesis. your essay should include an introductory paragraph, supporting paragraphs, and a concluding paragraph. each paragraph should cover one main topic and should correspond to a roman numeral (i., ii., iii.) on the outline. the main topics should cover: the person’s accomplishment and contributions, and the effect of his or her accomplishments or contributions on european thought. write a topic sentence for each paragraph of your essay. be sure it tells the reader what the section will be about and how the information relates to your thesis statement. your topic sentence for the introductory paragraph might say something like “johannes gutenberg’s invention changed the way people communicated.” a topic sentence for the second paragraph—the first main topic—might be something like "gutenberg’s printing press changed the way books were produced and the way knowledge was communicated.” decide which pieces of information you will use to support your topic sentences. (these ideas or groups of facts are called subtopics.) subtopics follow capital letters and periods (a., b., and c.) on your outline. add this information beneath your topic sentence. you can further divide subtopics into specific facts. in an outline, specific facts follow arabic numerals and periods (1. 2. 3. 4.) end your outline and essay with a concluding paragraph. write a concluding paragraph that summarizes the main ideas of your essay and restates your thesis statement in some way. write no more than four or five sentences. worth 241 points