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1ed1c8e1e4a5 | 1CF149052D11 | These projects should be student-designed to promote a students own creativity and ability to create a project based on the subject they learned | Position | Adequate |
3c09d0a4f1d1 | 1CF149052D11 | Allowing individuals to make their own projects means they will have the freedom to design the project how they see fit; | Claim | Effective |
a7cc05b268d0 | 1CF149052D11 | furthermore, this may even benefit the teacher by showing that their student has absorbed enough information from the class, that they can detail an entire project about the curriculum without ever receiving any instruction from the teacher. | Claim | Effective |
02935a3bc250 | 1CF149052D11 | Students perform better when they are able to dictate how their project is written and designed. if their was a strict code detailing what the project must include, the student may produce a worse report than they would otherwise. | Claim | Effective |
2ce1fc1a66e4 | 1CF149052D11 | Given creative freedom, someone would also have to apply more of their own knowledge of the subject. Having to adhere to a strict code however, would mean they can simply research the specific topics the teacher asked for without needing to apply much of their own effort | Claim | Effective |
5bac7cc205b7 | 1CF149052D11 | If the enforcer of this project wrote a rigid outline describing exactly what a learner must write about, the report could very plausibly be submitted as a mindless paper with no true interest taken in it. The individual could provide exactly what the teacher asks for, no more, no less. One may even be rewarded for thi... | Evidence | Adequate |
02f54acb4cc4 | 1CF149052D11 | All someone would need to do for a report, if it has strict rules, is follow those rules entirely while putting minimal effort. People could be given a high grade for doing as the report said, even though they turned in a mediocre paper with no real care in the subject matter. There wouldnt be a way of giving this medi... | Evidence | Effective |
1a63233cbf60 | 1CF149052D11 | It should be the opposite, They have helped their students all year, now it is time for them to finish one last report by themselves, to prove they can retain this information without any outside help. The teacher has finished their job, they have taught the entirety of the curriculum to their learners, and now those l... | Claim | Effective |
3eb61af964f2 | 1CF149052D11 | This makes them feel that they only have an obligation to simply know certain ideas. In turn, this causes them to memorize specific vocabulary words or the answers to certain questions. Instead, people should be encouraged to memorize the concepts themselves. Take in all the information regarding an idea to truly becom... | Evidence | Adequate |
5b82795d25ea | 1CF149052D11 | A test with one chief purpose: to display one's complete knowledge and understanding of the class they have partaken in for the past year. | Claim | Effective |
18be9e46b23a | 1CF149052D11 | This should not just be something you can memorize a few vocabulary words and write down a couple notes for. It would prove absolutely nothing if you can simply study for this project and write down what has been memorized. To really take on this endeavor, the students will have to include everything they have been tau... | Evidence | Effective |
e8e80dd56393 | 1CF149052D11 | summer projects should be student-designed to allow students more freedom to dictate their project, which may cause some to submit a report worthy of a much higher grade than they might have otherwise received. It would also prevent mindless compliance stemming from a feeling that they have an obligation to adhere to a... | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
1702fc6446d8 | 1CF48E3DD535 | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents to humans that even get near the planet. | Position | Adequate |
b2338d0bfaf8 | 1CF48E3DD535 | Even with the dangers that are poised against those who would go near Venus, there is still intrigue in the planet from our simple human nature, | Claim | Adequate |
05c714d6abb3 | 1CF48E3DD535 | the opporatunity of studing an Earth like planet besides our own, | Claim | Adequate |
e59e96f1244f | 1CF48E3DD535 | Venus is so close to Earth. | Claim | Adequate |
2016c0862a90 | 1CF48E3DD535 | The main reason of studying the planet Venus is capitalized by the article and the author in this quote "Often referred to as Earth's "twin," Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closest in distance too." | Claim | Adequate |
658aef571325 | 1CF48E3DD535 | The Author also simply puts in the article that humans have sent numerous spacecraft to land on Venus all unmanned. | Evidence | Ineffective |
1e036293c125 | 1CF48E3DD535 | Another reason for the intrigue in studing Venus is our simple human nature. | Claim | Adequate |
13e1d9719192 | 1CF48E3DD535 | In another quote by the author and in the article "Astronomers are fascinated by Venus beceause it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system." the author gives us a reason and it's a reason that makes logical sense. The landscape of Venus is also described in the article as Earth like. | Evidence | Ineffective |
d8363c182aac | 1CF48E3DD535 | The author suggested studying Venus would be a wirthy pursuit despite the dangers. | Concluding Statement | Ineffective |
e6dc9e52abdc | 1CF95A009AE5 | How many people die yearly from texting and driving? | Lead | Ineffective |
3221596b1dc5 | 1CF95A009AE5 | Nearly 390,000 injuries occur each year from accidents caused by texting while driving. 1 out of 4 accidents are caused in the united states by texting and driving.
| Evidence | Adequate |
3ad91dde5dab | 1CF95A009AE5 | Drivers should not be able to operate cell phone use while driving, it causes the driver to get distracted from the road and that could cause the driver to have an accident. | Position | Adequate |
87f12cc48857 | 1CF95A009AE5 | However, some drivers may still respond to a text message and that is why many of the accidents occurs and most of the time this lead to a vehicle accident that could lead to death.
Drivers need to understand how easily it is to take someone life or themselves.
Everyday people are risking their lives due to the high ... | Evidence | Adequate |
53154536e665 | 1CF95A009AE5 | Some people may feel uncomfortable without their cell phone mainly because they are so use to having their cell phone in hand while driving | Counterclaim | Adequate |
a7664da10381 | 1CF95A009AE5 | . On the other hand there are disadvantages of using cell phones, they can easily get lost. Talking on cell phones are very expensive. In addition, cell phones are not useful while driving, drivers should pay attention to the road instead of getting distracted from a text or phone call. | Rebuttal | Adequate |
185fe917eba5 | 1CF95A009AE5 | In conclusion, I think that cell phones are indispensable tools that we cannot live without, but we should avoid using them while operating a vehicle. Therefore, we should think carefully about the advantages of cell phone use while on the road. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
254b4548d5a5 | 1CF9D84E94C1 | we are all zombies on these devices no one cares they make so many things easier for people to do and enjoy themselves. The way society shows us is that we all use phones like idiots and honestly, my opinion doesn't change because I know that many people have used their phones pretty stupidly and lose their life for it... | Lead | Adequate |
089a5e11fa9f | 1CF9D84E94C1 | use it when not in the motion of driving | Claim | Adequate |
a403f3d5c32b | 1CF9D84E94C1 | Keep your eyes out for police. | Claim | Ineffective |
bcee9a587d74 | 1CF9D84E94C1 |
Driving is our main way of transportation so we need to keep ourselves safe and everyone else safe | Claim | Adequate |
ebc09b3c81da | 1CF9D84E94C1 | the best way to do that is to keep our phones away keeping your phone is smart while driving because texting and driving is a big no-no in everyone else's eyes. The only reason why I think people need to follow this is because I've driven with people who have sat at the light because they were stuck on their phones and... | Evidence | Adequate |
ad0790626f4e | 1CF9D84E94C1 | I don't drive yet but everyone should just know this rule or just follow it at all times watch for police, | Claim | Ineffective |
856c27a77171 | 1CF9D84E94C1 | police are like enemies they protect the streets and I respect them for that but honestly, they should always be avoided I'm not saying avoid them at any means necessary but just keep seat belts on and don't text and drive that's the easiest way a cop will catch you so make sure to get wherever you need to go and just ... | Evidence | Adequate |
3ec8f41328af | 1CF9D84E94C1 | And to conclude phones are really convenient devices that make millions of things easier for us day to day humans | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
dcd896fd7d1f | 1CF9D84E94C1 | we need to limit ourselves to just using it when not driving and only when it is really needed | Position | Adequate |
60197b6894ff | 1CF9D84E94C1 | many cars nowadays come with their own little carphone technology that will speak to you and do stuff for you.
Apps like Waze make driving feel much safer and cars like teslas and the other cars I spoke about before can be great substitutes for phones while driving. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
b84c65d7071b | 1D023C6D201A | It could not be made by aliens because Mars can make land forms such as a face or something. | Position | Ineffective |
7bec5cec37af | 1D023C6D201A | If you look at these three images you will notice over the years we have been able to unblur this image and it shows there is no face on Mars.
| Claim | Adequate |
3221e743c4a3 | 1D023C6D201A |
We have snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos. Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first appeared on a JPL web site, reaveling. . .a natrual landform.
As a rule of thumb, you can discern things in a digital image three times bigger than the pixel size, so if ther... | Evidence | Ineffective |
c7c15d1c81fa | 1D4FBE746B88 | Today my firend Don Reist inviited me to come with him to the Seagoing Cowboys program he wanted me to go and tought about and Want to go mainly becaues I was 18 and out of school and i can get dafted to the army.
Don telled me that since the war was over we go to this other country and help them out a little sice it ... | Evidence | Ineffective |
d8bc436942f7 | 1D6188632F9B | I think that its a good idae to send more probes to venus even despite the cost. i am totally on bourd with this. | Lead | Adequate |
2e5fa8b6afa1 | 1D6188632F9B | The author made some good points and suggestions why we should send more things to venus. | Position | Adequate |
4ca7fe4e9ecf | 1D6188632F9B | first scientists are researching a way to last longer to get to venus and land on it | Claim | Adequate |
20c5b064f049 | 1D6188632F9B | because it is the closest planet to us but defining the risks it will take they are doing research. but they are trying to make a man pod for a human to go there and study it first hand. | Evidence | Ineffective |
bc664cd66c38 | 1D6188632F9B | second scientists are also finding a way to make these probes and pods to withstand venus the planet. | Claim | Adequate |
c2d10cfed605 | 1D6188632F9B | simplified electrons made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of venus's surface. it has lasted three weeks in simulation. | Evidence | Adequate |
db4dd698d345 | 1D6188632F9B | lastly they are also looking into an old technology that has more withstand to that stuff and its called mechanical computors | Claim | Adequate |
436d6dfb8fc0 | 1D6188632F9B | . they were created in the 1900 and was used in world war 2 they had no electronics it was just gears and wires and levers. but they do the job they can withstand a high pressure of heat and other forces.
| Evidence | Adequate |
4576e5100cd6 | 1D6188632F9B | the author did support his story with facts that if we dont do it now then human curiosity will do it later | Concluding Statement | Ineffective |
547b21b8d351 | 1D7E734B4A3D | Some Schools require students to complete summer projects to assure they continue learning during the break.
Some may point out that since the students are the ones taking time out of their break to complete these assignments, they should be the ones designing them.
Others may argue that the teachers should design th... | Lead | Adequate |
cb2b1c856eee | 1D7E734B4A3D | Summer projects should be teacher-designed | Position | Adequate |
f370bf99f378 | 1D7E734B4A3D | the teachers will be the ones grading them, | Claim | Effective |
2dc6ab03bc25 | 1D7E734B4A3D | they will make sure that there is still an element of difficulty, | Claim | Effective |
bdb894813918 | 1D7E734B4A3D | they know the content best. | Claim | Effective |
e1abaa20b039 | 1D7E734B4A3D | One reason why summer projects should be teacher-designed is that the teachers will be the ones grading these projects.
| Claim | Effective |
634c22a4a024 | 1D7E734B4A3D | Teachers spend hours or even days grading assignments.
If students designed the projects, it would be harder for teachers to determine what the grading rubric should include.
It should be up to them what they will be inevitably grading at the start of the school year.
Most teachers have new students every year.
If ... | Evidence | Effective |
e674267f3f8f | 1D7E734B4A3D | Another reason why summer assignments should be teacher-designed is that they will make sure the project will still have an element of difficulty to it. | Claim | Effective |
5928eae81230 | 1D7E734B4A3D | It is teachers' jobs as educators to continue create and assign projects that are challenging enough for the level that their students are at.
If students designed their projects, the projects would not be very difficult.
This would be because students generally prefer to spend their summers doing other things than h... | Evidence | Effective |
9987fc7f5ec6 | 1D7E734B4A3D | The last reason why summer projects should be teacher-designed is that they know the content best.
| Claim | Effective |
e61e7d93e079 | 1D7E734B4A3D | The projects assigned are most likely for the class the students plan on taking the following school year.
For example, if a student is taking algebra 2 and plans to continue on to pre-calculus, the student doesnt know much about calculus yet.
That being said, how would a student design a project for a class they hav... | Evidence | Effective |
cdf7a64c876a | 1D7E734B4A3D | In conclusion, the summer projects that some schools require students to complete should be teacher-designed.
First, Teachers should be able to create what they will be grading.
Second, Teachers will also make sure that the projects are not just pointless busy work.
And last but not least, It is the teachers job to ... | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
fa899baa87d2 | 1DAD3DD9D08C | Hi, i'm Luke, and one day I was working at the bank and my friend, Don ask "Hey Luke, you want to go to Europe on a cattle boat with me!" How could say no to that type of question? I'v always want to do this.
The UNRRA hired "Seagoing Cowboys" to take care of all the horses, young cows, mules that were shiped oversea.... | Lead | Adequate |
82f04d6848f0 | 1DAD3DD9D08C | i'm here to say you should sign up and be the best Seagoing Cowboy you can be. | Position | Adequate |
c23bd92b7f77 | 1DAD3DD9D08C | You get to help other people and animals. | Claim | Adequate |
bdf024c23883 | 1DAD3DD9D08C | Before I got here I was a small little town boy, and I really never got to experince the majic hidding behind of being a Seagoing Cowboy. I even got a little of the benefit of seeing Europe and China. I also went to Acropolis in Greece was special. So was taking a gondola ridein Venice, Italy, a city with streets of wa... | Evidence | Adequate |
401d28952956 | 1DAD3DD9D08C | I came here to try to explain how much I loved this trip. It prepared me for life. I hope you will join and become a Seagoing Cowboy. The phone number is below
(555) 444-7774 | Concluding Statement | Ineffective |
b117a4c63158 | 1DC6485ABFF6 | Do you participate in any after school activities? Well if you don't now you have to, my principal if making it mandatory to participate in at least one after school activity. You can participate in many activities such as sports teams, student council, and the debate team. | Lead | Adequate |
7bb92bed4fc1 | 1DC6485ABFF6 | There are many points for why this shouldn't be a rule in school. | Position | Adequate |
6c174bbd1d1a | 1DC6485ABFF6 | Some points are time management, | Claim | Adequate |
e18b753a740a | 1DC6485ABFF6 | interest, | Claim | Ineffective |
91b5849cdbed | 1DC6485ABFF6 | funds/workers. | Claim | Ineffective |
70414e8a3151 | 1DC6485ABFF6 | One of these important things is homework, if there doing activities they don't have time to do the homework a teacher assigned. This would lead the student to be behind in there classwork and cause there grade to drop. The second important thing they wouldn't have time to do is there chores. A lot of kid have chores a... | Evidence | Adequate |
b64740817cef | 1DC6485ABFF6 | if there is no activities that interest the student there not going to have fun. And if they are not having fun they will slack off and not try there best. If a student doesn't want to do a activity that may cause them to make there own fun and act out and get into trouble. Then there parents would be angry and they wo... | Evidence | Adequate |
bac54937564a | 1DC6485ABFF6 | if you have more activities you need more money and more people to work them. And the school would have to ask the county for more money and the county might not have that amount of fund for the school. And you have to find the people to work those activities witch may be hard to do. And the schools may not be big enou... | Evidence | Adequate |
d92c9bd7e233 | 1DC6485ABFF6 | That is my three points on why I thing it would not be a good idea to make it mandatory for every student to participate in a after school activity. I already participate in a after school activity but I hope it is never mandatory. It would not achieve what school want witch is to keep kids active. It would only make t... | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
90c9df281113 | 1DEDB886B240 | The new technology called the Facial Action Coding Sytem would't be valuable computers to identity human emotions. | Position | Adequate |
d4ce2b620aa4 | 1DEDB886B240 | First,Dr Huang and his colleague are experts at developing better ways for human and computers to comunicate. | Claim | Ineffective |
1531f2f2b9f5 | 1DEDB886B240 | Dr. Huang think that it won't make a differences by the new techonlogy. Dr. Eckman has classified six basic emotions-happiness,surprise,anger,digust,fear,and sadness-and then associated each charachteristic movements of the facial muscles..Using video imagery,the new emotion recognition software these facial movements ... | Evidence | Ineffective |
a2ac9856705f | 1DEDB886B240 | Second,"the facial expressions for each emotion are universal,"observes Dr. Huang."A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confued or bored"Dr. Huang predicts."Then it could modify the lesson,like an effective human instructo.""Most human communication is nonverbal,including emotional communicat... | Evidence | Ineffective |
2c8bf10c4386 | 1DEDB886B240 | Then,Your home PC can't hanlde the complex algotithms used to decode Mona Lisa's smile. | Claim | Ineffective |
d77ae47988ca | 1DEDB886B240 | But we can wrtie down some simple instruction that"encode"different emotion. In fact,these are the instructions for a face that looks happy. It;s all about those muscular action units. Humans could tell a friend is feeling simply by he look on her or hise face. Of course,most of us would have trouble actually describin... | Evidence | Ineffective |
c52fc3f06df0 | 1DEDB886B240 | Finally, A classroom of student could identify more then the new technology could do. | Claim | Adequate |
9b15d0bafa40 | 1DEDB886B240 | Sometimes,human might smile from the outside but human could change their feeling. A classroom of student could see their friends by thier looks. | Evidence | Adequate |
373c82f9d980 | 1DEDB886B240 | Conclusion,The new techgology won't be valuable to read the expressions of students in a classroom because empathy may happen. | Concluding Statement | Ineffective |
5435bacd0d36 | 1E12037C0F98 | There is an advantage of limiting car usage, | Position | Adequate |
62157d23e447 | 1E12037C0F98 | it prevents pollution and smog. | Claim | Adequate |
7c430e2b8ae8 | 1E12037C0F98 | It makes your life better | Claim | Adequate |
37821b9cea14 | 1E12037C0F98 | in Vauban, Germany a residents of this upscale community aew suburban pioneers, where people have given up their cars. Automobiles are the linchpin of suburbs, where middle-class families from chicago to Shanghai tend to make their homes.
The residents are trying to make cities denser, and better for walking for the p... | Evidence | Ineffective |
42b2436f8334 | 1E12037C0F98 | Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city. It is either leave your cars at home or suffer with a fine of 22-euro on mondays with even-numbered license plates and the same with the odd-numbered plates the following day. Because Paris typically has more smog than other European, delivery co... | Evidence | Ineffective |
871e9ac7e829 | 1E12037C0F98 | A lot of Americans are buying less cars, a study last year found out that driving by young people decresed 23 percent betweeen 2001-2009. Executive chairman of the Ford Motor Company, laid out a business plan for a world in which personal vehicle ownership is impractical. | Evidence | Ineffective |
63e3fb556bea | 1E235AB03C8A | Writing a strong and supported essay takes more than just advanced vocabulary and a plethora of facts . A strong example of this is the article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" | Lead | Effective |
c476d0a42141 | 1E235AB03C8A | The author did not support his topic very well | Position | Adequate |
d181711e747d | 1E235AB03C8A | he didn't support his main idea enough | Claim | Effective |
c04b68659ca4 | 1E235AB03C8A | he strayed away from the topic many times | Claim | Effective |
13eef0f31e3e | 1E235AB03C8A | his information is an abundance of opinions and assumptions.
| Claim | Effective |
ceabf356e972 | 1E235AB03C8A |
First, the author brings up his topic of " Studying Venus is a worhty pursuit despite the dangers it presents". Despite this, the author only gave one full paragraph, out of the eight he wrote, on why humans would want to explore the planet ; he then preceeded to go onto the dangers of Venus, rather than why it is wor... | Evidence | Effective |
7a3fa71c86e1 | 1E235AB03C8A | Secondly, the author ,many times, rambled on about other points that had nothing to do with his main idea. | Claim | Effective |
1651b2dcf62a | 1E235AB03C8A | The author gave an entire paragraph about the new technologies that NASA is working on to explore Venus, even though his main idea is about why we should send shuttles to Venus. In the article it states " Another project is looking back to an old technology called mechanical computers. These devices were first envision... | Evidence | Effective |
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