Vocabulary
A statement of belief or opinion
What is a claim?
Schools should not have competitive teams for middle schools students.
What is a claim?
This is one reason sports might be canceled at a high school level.
What is (many acceptable answers).
Dylan Thomas died after experiencing one of these in a high school football game.
What is a heart attack and / or brain injury?
The number of grades this essay will count for in Gradebook.
What is 4.
Grabs the reader's attention
What is a hook?
"Because football is a collision sport, a football
player can suffer a significant injury as part of
routine gameplay."
What is evidence?
This is one advantage to having sports at a high school level.
What is increased physical and / or emotional health?
(Other answers may be acceptable, with Ms. Bishop being the final judge.)
According to the article, a concussion is this type of injury.
The total number of articles you must read before writing this essay.
What is four?
Expert or outside source that agrees with the statement of belief, often a quotation
What is evidence?
Some people might think competitive sports are good for kids.
What is a counterclaim?
Premont Independent School District in Texas did this with high school sports.
What is canceled all sports?
Dizziness, nausea, and confusion are symptoms of this injury.
What is a concussion?
The minimum number of paragraphs your article must have.
What is five?
What other smart people are saying, sometimes disagreeing with the claim
What is a counterclaim?
Story, statistic, question, or quotation at the beginning of an argument
What is a hook?
Kids might learn this skills while playing sports in high school.
What is reliability and discipline?
(Other questions may be acceptable, with Ms. Bishop as final judge.)
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy can only be diagnosed at this time.
What is after death?
To get a 4 on the concluding paragraph of this essay, you must do these.
What is restates the claim, briefly touches on reasons, and includes a call to action
An answer to the counterclaim
What is a rebuttal?
Write to your school board and ask them to remove sports from middle schools.
What is a call to action?
This is the prompt (question) for the essay you will be writing about sports in schools.
Should competitive sports teams be removed from schools?
This is a reason that high school students might choose to participate in high school football.
What is scholarship opportunities?
(Other questions may be acceptable and this is entirely at Ms. Bishop's judgement.)
This connects the evidence to the reason.
What is the warrant or bridge?