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I have said that we should never really go to planet Mars because if we did we would be the only planet in the universe. This article was very interesting, but I think we should never go near Mars.
Concluding Statement
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Why should the creativity of students be suppressed when they have to complete an assignment or project? Summer break is a time of rest and relaxation for kids who work hard to during the school year; consequently, it's inevitable that students will forgot information they have learned since they are not typically usin...
Lead
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some may agree that giving students teacher-designed summer projects is necessary because it ensures that everyone has the same level of difficulty and students can receive help easier due to the usage of a rubric specifically for the project
Counterclaim
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Clearly, they are incorrect because student-based summer projects allow students to move at a pace that is appropriate for them and give students incentives to work harder.
Rebuttal
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Schoolwork is difficult to each student for different reasons; moreover, no student is the same and should not have to work at a level that is too difficult for them
Evidence
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Teacher-designed projects discourage students from working in such a way that benefits them since they must follow a rubric that limits them.
Claim
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That rubric does not give students an opportunity to work in such a way that is unique to them because the rubric requires perfect, "textbook" solutions. Also, teacher-designed projects are often confusing and may require thinking that is outlandish, or too difficult to understand. This further proves that projects not...
Evidence
Effective
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some may still agree with assigning students teacher-based projects over the summer because everyone receives the same assignment, therefore the level of difficulty is the same for everyone.
Counterclaim
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However, they are incorrect because everyone is unique, has their own way of understanding certain situations, and solves problems in different ways.
Rebuttal
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Doing something created by you is completely different from doing something made by another person.
Claim
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When you are given the opportunity to freely express yourself, it will most likely give you incentive to complete it. This directly connects to allowing students to create their own summer projects because giving students the opportunity to explore something that interests them creates motivation. In addition to that, ...
Evidence
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some people may continue to insist that teacher-designed projects lead to better scores because students can receive easily help due to the criteria made specifically for the project
Counterclaim
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However, they are wrong because student-designed projects are more beneficial to grades because they make students more motivated, and motivation leads to more effort placed into the project.
Rebuttal
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student-designed summer projects are a better option than teacher-designed summer projects
Position
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students are more motivated to do better on assignments they create and they are able to work in such a way that helps them succeed. It's important to realize that students are not perfect and do not think in the same way that someone else might. Teacher-designed summer projects are not used to ensure that students are...
Concluding Statement
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There are many reasons that limted car usage would be good
Position
Adequate
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70 percent off familys in french and swiss boarder do not own car they dont need them."When i had a car i was always tense. I'm much happier this way,". 57 percent of people sold there car and moved there."All development since world war II has been centered on the car, and that will have to change,".
Evidence
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In paris they banned cars for a little will because of the pollution making smog. Any one found driving would be fined. Almost 4000 people were fined for driving on that monday and 27 people has their cars impounded for thier reaction. After 5 days the the smog started to leave and they could see beijing, china which a...
Evidence
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Obama's studys show that more and more americans are not driving and not getting there licenses as each year goes by. And they wonder has america passed peak driving. On april 2013 the number of miles driven per person went down 9 percent.
Evidence
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it is better to not drive for a little than to drive to help pollution from getting really bad.
Claim
Adequate
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In 1976 pictures where taken of Mars with the Viking 1 spacecraft from NASA. We have dicovered that the pictures look like a face on Mars.
Lead
Adequate
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We can garentee that "aliens" did not do this.
Position
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From the data we collected it seems to be that Mars was having formations and the ground/rocks looked like it had shadowed a face.
Evidence
Adequate
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Over the years as you can tell in the pictures the face begins to form into something different. The "Face" is starting to not look like a face anymore.
Evidence
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If there were life on Mars they would try to keep the form from changing, right?
Claim
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Yes we know what you are thinking, "That cant be Mars doing that," but we have not collected any data of any sign of life on Mars.
Evidence
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We have no reason to believe that Mars has any life form of any kind on it. We have seen from other data though that Mars has been changing and the landforms have changed.
Claim
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Futhermore we have concluded that the "Face" on Mars is just rock formation. There is no futher information on the "alien" therory and that this is out of the picture.
Concluding Statement
Adequate
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As you can tell in the picture there is other rocks surrounding it and it is just like the other rocks, they have shadows and the "Face's" shadow is just more life like.
Claim
Adequate
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The formations of every planet have changed and will continue to change so anything can happen next.
Evidence
Adequate
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If you join the Seagoing Cowboys program i can gurantee sastisfaction. I've been doing this for 2 years and it's been a part of my life.
Lead
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you go siteseeing
Claim
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you get to on amazing journeys
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just knowing that your helping someone in need is gratifying
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I hope i will see you in the future. May this be your opprotunity to change someone's life .
Position
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One of the most enjoyable things to do is go sitesee
Claim
Adequate
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It really makes time fly by so much quicker . I've beenn doing this for what now,2years? And i've already been on 9 trips! Though sitseeing is not the only thing we do we trasport animals to country's in need . So far it's been a huge success and we don't want to look back, not yet.
Evidence
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There are there flaws though it's kinda hard to be constantly on the move with a spouse or heck maybe kids too just at home.
Counterclaim
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So, why not bring them with you i'm pretty sure we would have more then enough things for you children to do. Remeber this is a very serious and dangerous job . I've gotten through a only one bad injury where I broke a rib .(paragraph7). That will be very unlikely to happen though considering none of my parteners have ...
Rebuttal
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So as you can see our program will be grat for you with amazing siteseeing , journey's tat are kid friendly, and your helping someone so will you come work for us.
Concluding Statement
Adequate
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People might agree with Car-free day. But i disagree with it. Now i will tell you three why I disagree.
Position
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people might be late to work
Claim
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people have to pay to take buses or taxi's to go places.
Claim
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people might not have time to wait because they have to go somewhere urgent.
Claim
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people would be late to work.
Claim
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There are people who probaly have to go to work across the city or maybe even another state. Others probaly dont own bikes or any alternative transportation. Few other people are just not fit and would have to stop and get a brake because there to tired. Also people might have night shifts and it would be dangerous to ...
Evidence
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people have to pay for buses or taxi's.
Claim
Adequate
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Sure people have cars but that doesnt mean they make alot of money so in that case they probaly cant afford to take that form of transportation. More than likely the buses and taxi's are raising the prices for that day since alot more people are taking them. Alot of people would be taking this form of transportation so...
Evidence
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people might have to go some where urgent.
Claim
Adequate
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if someone gets hurt really bad and they cant wait for a taxi to come pick him/her up, he/she could die. Another example would be a pet getting hurt and it has to go to the vet. Taxi's most likely wont let you have pets in the car. And for a fact the buses wouldent let you either. So the pet could die also. You might o...
Evidence
Adequate
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i dont think there should be a Car-free day. I stated my statements by saying, People could be late to work. People might not have enough money to pay for a bus/taxi. And last there might be an emergency and you need to get somewhere quick and you cant because you cant use your car.
Concluding Statement
Adequate
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In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus", the author argues the point that exploring Venus is worth the effort and risks exhibited. The author claims that, despite the harsh conditions and deadly atmosphere, this planet is worth travelling to and observing, due to its being the "nearest option for a planetary visit".
Lead
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While the author does list a few good reasons for Venus exploration, it is my belief that they also include many reasons not to explore this dangerous planet. This inclusion of the "cons" of exploration hurts the thesis more than it helps it, and damages the authors argument.
Position
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From the beginning of their argument, the author states that "no spacecraft survived the landing [on Venus] for more than a few hours" and that "not a single spaceship has touched down on Venus in more than three decades".
Evidence
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The usage of these statements creates a negative image, which can lead readers to believe that the exploration of Venus is too dangerous to enagage in.
Claim
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Furthermore, the author uses facts intended to continue to convince readers that Venus is dangerous, when this is exactly the opposite of what the author is arguing for. Making statements which invoke fear or apprehension only pushes the reader away from the topic, instead of influencing him or her to gain interest in ...
Evidence
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Similarly, the author provides little reasoning behind the belief that humanity should explore the planet Venus.
Claim
Effective
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Despite claiming that "Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit", there is little evidence given that exploring and observing Venus would be of much benefit. In fact, the author seems to have found more evidence against Venus exploration, as the prior paragraph (which listed reasons that Venus wa...
Evidence
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As the author continues with their argument, readers become increasingly aware that Venus is likely not as beneficial as the author intends to make it seem. With an unlivable biome and dangerous atmospheric conditions, Venus is likely far too hazardous to explore at this time in history, and I believe that the author o...
Concluding Statement
Effective
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In Source One the story talks about the advanges of redusing car usage in the German areas. It states that cars produse about 12% of greenhouse gas in Europe and about 50% in major car usage areas in the United States. Also, street parking is generally forbidden on the outskirts of Freiburg. Even though Vauban's street...
Evidence
Ineffective
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if we go to the second planet from the sun the gravity would be more tense and would have different affects on humans. the gravity on venus would pull them down more than earth because it is closer to the sun by two planets away. but we also need to think about the air and the atmosphere because if we just go there the...
Evidence
Ineffective
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Most of the residents in Germany have given up their cars. Vauban's streets are completely ''car-free'', this means that no one except for the main thoroughfare and a few streets on one edge of the community have cars. This movement is called ''smart planning.'' This movement helps the greenhouse gas emissions in Ero...
Evidence
Ineffective
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In the aricle "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" says that Venus is really good to study despite the dangers you might encounter. The article says that you may study it,imagen all the wonders you can find.
Position
Adequate
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Also in paragrpah two it says that Venus and Earth are "twin".
Claim
Adequate
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They say that planet Venus has the closest planet to Earth, but the density and size are some what close. It also say's that the speed of orbiting around the sun is close to Mars, and also Venus. Yet also Venus is very close to us that the humans have tried to send spacecraft to land on Venus numerous times. And yet ea...
Evidence
Adequate
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Also in paragraph three it says that the atmosphere is very thick in Venus.
Claim
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That it has a 97 percent of carbon dioxide that covers Venus. Also the temperature is very extreme which is why we cannot live in Venus, even though Mercury is closest to the sun Venus is much hotter than Mercury.
Evidence
Adequate
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Another reason is that Venus has a high pressure and also heat which states in paragraph three.
Claim
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Venusian geology says that Venus has erupting volcanoes, and very powerful erathquakes, it also has frequent lightning strikes that hits on the land.
Evidence
Adequate
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Also in paragraph four it says Venus was probably coverd in largely oceans which can also supported the various forms of life. Yet also Venus does have some features of Earth, Venus has rocky sediment which includes valleys,mountains,and also craters. Also scientist say that to visit Venus it will take a long time fram...
Evidence
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Another reason on why Venus can be dangerous to study is that humans are having an idea on sending humans to Venus.
Claim
Adequate
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Scientist are coming up with a solution have them float above the fray and not land. They are coming up with ideas of having a blimp like vehicle just hovering about 30 or more miles above the landscape. They may have a vehicle hovering over Venus so it could avoid the ground conditions for just staying off ground. The...
Evidence
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In conclusion Venus is very dangerous, it has high temperatures and high pressure which the humans can not survive. Earth and Venus may have the same mountains and valleys, but Venus is to hot for us to survive. In conclusion Venus is dangerous to study.
Concluding Statement
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In this essay i amfoing to be talking about a claim for or against of using technolgy to read students and emotional expressions.
Lead
Ineffective
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I would say i am on both sides.
Position
Ineffective
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i say that because i think it could be a good thing but i also think there would be sone bad things with that too.
Claim
Ineffective
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One reason why it would be good is to see if the person is just not happy at all then you could talk to them and see whats going on with them. So you can see if you can fix it. Another reason why i think its a good thing is because it tell the peron your doing it to and you how there expressions are. I also fill like t...
Evidence
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Now, there is some reasons i think this could be bad.
Claim
Adequate
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I think it could be bad because the parents of the kid or the kid himself may not like you doing this sort of thing on him. This is why im kinda on both sides because if they wont done to them I could understand that so thats why i think its fine to not do it if you don't want to. They might not want you to because the...
Evidence
Ineffective
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In conclusion, these are some of the reasons why i think it should be a thing and some of the reasons why i think it shouldn't be a thing. For the most part I am for it because i think this could help alot of people out.
Concluding Statement
Adequate
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I do not agree with the author in the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile" when he describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions works
Lead
Adequate
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The use of this technology is to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is not valuable to me
Position
Adequate
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There are reasons why I don't agree, and I know that i'm not the only person who disagree with this argument.
Evidence
Adequate
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One reason is that schools shouldn't allow anyone to put that technology into their computers because that technology has nothing to do with school or what the kids are learning at school.
Claim
Ineffective
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Another reason is that the way people feel is how they feel, it's not meant for the whole world, the school, or anyone to know how they are feeling if they didn't tell that person
Claim
Adequate
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If that person didn't tell anyone that's because they wanted to keep what was wrong with them to their self.
Evidence
Adequate
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In paragraph three it says that the Facial Action Coding System that is enable in computers can tell if a human is feeling happy, surprise, angry, disgust, fear, and sadness.
Evidence
Adequate
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If a student is feeling happy or surprise its okay for people to know, but when a sudent is feeling angry, disgust, fear, and sad it's not because you don't know what that person is going through or how that person is living.
Claim
Ineffective
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This technology that someone came up with is not a good idea. I said it's not because I wouldn't want anyone to know how i'm feeling if i'm not in a good mood. If i'm angry or sad about something I would keep it to myself and not tell anybody because I wouldn't people to kee bringing it up to me when i'm trying to forg...
Concluding Statement
Adequate
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During the summer many students tend to loose the skills and information they gather through the previous school year. Some higher level courses to prevent this problem, implement summer reading activities or online module/guided programs to keep their students on top of the material or to refresh them... but with all ...
Lead
Effective
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Summer projects should be teacher-designed
Position
Adequate
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it eliminates the loopholes that can be found by the students,
Claim
Adequate
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the teacher can incorporate the summer project into a future theme or unit in the school year
Claim
Adequate
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if students designed a project for themselves they wouldn't challenge themselves and put minimal effort in.
Claim
Adequate
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Students when they are given freedom or multiple options tend to tweak and stretch the guidelines to make it easier or to even make excuses on why they didn't do a certain part or do it a certain way
Evidence
Ineffective
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If teachers have full control over the design of this summer based assignment they can insure the students will do what they say exactly and theres no if's, and's, or but's about it.
Claim
Adequate
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when the teacher has full control over the summer assignments design it is easier for them to fi the project's theme into the curriculum or unit they desire during the school year.
Claim
Adequate
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With my AP English teacher this year, 11th grade, I had summer reading to do and an assignment she attached with it. This book ended up tying into other books we discussed in class and fit into the curriculum very well. This shows how it benefits the teachers a lot with workload, and even students, because the assignme...
Evidence
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The last example of why a teacher-designed project is beneficial to the students is that it doesn't sell the kids short of their academic potential by just taking the easy way out with an easy project
Claim
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Students, or anyone, only grow and develop when they're exposed to challenges and obstacles it builds their mental capacity and their problem solving skills. If a teacher choices to do a particularly hard project or assignment this pushes the students out of their comfort zone allowing them to make these new connection...
Evidence
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