The Pro:
School uniforms make getting ready for school easier, which can improve punctuality.
Wearing uniforms enhances school pride, unity, and community spirit.
School uniforms keep students focused on their education, not their clothes.
The Con:
The push for school uniforms is driven by commercial interests rather than educational ones.
School uniforms in public schools undermine the promise of a free education by imposing an extra expense on families.
Focusing on uniforms takes attention away from finding genuine solutions to problems in education.
Part I -Prewriting: Follow the instructions below for this prewriting activity. Use complete sentences and adhere to standard rules of English grammar, punctuation, mechanics, and spelling.
Select one (1) of the approved topics from the www.procon.org Website and state your position on the issue.
From the Procon.org Website, identify three (3) premises (reasons) listed under either the Pro or Con section – whichever section opposes your position.
For each of the three (3) premises (reasons) that oppose your position on the issue, answer these "believing" questions suggested by Elbow:
What’s interesting or helpful about this view?
What would I notice if I believed this view?
In what sense or under what conditions might this idea be true?"
The paper should follow guidelines for clear and organized writing:
Include an introductory paragraph and concluding paragraph.
Address main ideas in body paragraphs with a topic sentence and supporting sentences.
Adhere to standard rules of English grammar, punctuation, mechanics, and spelling.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow SWS format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
Identify the informal fallacies, assumptions, and biases involved in manipulative appeals and abuses of language.
Create written work utilizing the concepts of critical thinking.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in critical thinking skills and informal logic.
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Grading for this assignment will be based on quality, logic / organization, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric.
Points: 30
Assignment 1: Conflicting Viewpoints Essay – Part I
Criteria
Unacceptable
Below 60% F
Meets Minimum Expectations
60-69% D
Fair
70-79% C
Proficient
80-89% B
Exemplary
90-100% A
1. Select one (1) of the approved topics from the www.procon.org Website and state your position on the issue.
Weight: 20%
Did not submit or incompletely selected one (1) of the approved topics from the www.procon.org Website; did not submit or incompletely stated your position on the issue.
Insufficiently selected one (1) of the approved topics from the www.procon.org Website; insufficiently stated your position on the issue.
Partially selected one (1) of the approved topics from the www.procon.org Website; partially stated your position on the issue.
Satisfactorily selected one (1) of the approved topics from the www.procon.org Website; satisfactorily stated your position on the issue.
Thoroughly selected one (1) of the approved topics from the www.procon.org Website; thoroughly stated your position on the issue.
2. Identify three (3) premises under either the “Pro” or “Con” section from procon.org.
Weight: 30%
Did not submit or incompletely identified three (3) premises under either the “Pro” or “Con” section from procon.org.
Insufficiently identified three (3) premises under either the “Pro” or “Con” section from procon.org.
Partially identified three (3) premises under either the “Pro” or “Con” section from procon.org.
Satisfactorily identified three (3) premises under either the “Pro” or “Con” section under “Con” from procon.org.
Thoroughly identified three (3) premises under either the “Pro” or “Con” section “from procon.org.
3. Provide answers to the “believing questions” for the three (3) premises that disagree with your own position.
Weight: 40%
Did not submit or incompletely provided answers to the “believing questions” for the three (3) premises that disagree with your own position.
Insufficiently provided answers to the “believing questions” for the three (3) premises that disagree with your own position.
Partially provided answers to the “believing questions” for the three (3) premises that disagree with your own position.
Satisfactorily provided answers to the “believing questions” for the three (3) premises that disagree with your own position.
Thoroughly provided answers to the “believing questions” for the three (3) premises that disagree with your own position.
4. Use complete sentences and adhere to standard rules of English grammar, punctuation, mechanics, and spelling. Follow SWS format.
Weight: 10%
Did not complete the assignment or had more than 9 errors in grammar, punctuation, mechanics, spelling.
Had 8-9 errors in grammar, punctuation, mechanics, spelling.
Had 6-7 different errors in grammar, punctuation, mechanics, spelling.
Had 4-5 different errors in grammar, punctuation, mechanics, spelling.
Had 0-3 different errors in grammar, punctuation, mechanics, spelling
