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3051af45107b | 7A0C11980EB8 | The author gives great examples of ways too explore the planet safely and effectivly, also he gives reasons why it would be beneficial.
| Position | Effective |
15ae0c05f9e2 | 7A0C11980EB8 | Pursuing and expanding our knowledge of venus is beneficial in many ways and can be safely done. | Claim | Adequate |
d5f4c03b9d28 | 7A0C11980EB8 | Venus having an average of 800 degrees fahrenheit on its surface, make's it virtually inhabitable to humans. These conditons are so extreme the author explains that "such an environment would crush even a submarine accustomed too diving to the deepest parts of our oceans." Venus has very harsh conditions and it make's ... | Evidence | Effective |
714b00a382a3 | 7A0C11980EB8 | In conclusion, the author supports the exploration of Venus, and is open to finding ways to explore this harsh planet. He believes that the knowledge we would gain from Venus would be very beneficial to the people. He believes that mankind has endured many other harsh endeavors such as the exploration of Venus, and the... | Concluding Statement | Effective |
d81b4c966419 | 7A0F4648B341 | Extracurricular activities are fun. We can play sports after school, join different clubs, or play some games with other students. But we always get to choose what we want to do, right? | Lead | Adequate |
eccc19d35401 | 7A0F4648B341 | Mandatory participation in extracurricular activities is not good for students | Position | Effective |
06905df6ad96 | 7A0F4648B341 | they may not have time to stay after (jobs, other classes, homework, sports) | Claim | Effective |
ef4f38b2defe | 7A0F4648B341 | they might not be interested in any of the activities offered at school, | Claim | Effective |
25a9f29d3ded | 7A0F4648B341 | they lose the freedom to choose for themselves. | Claim | Effective |
03b4053a17d0 | 7A0F4648B341 | They get homework from multiple classes, participate in sports or music classes, and they hangout with their friends and have fun being a teenager. Making students be forced to stay after school would not work for students who play sports and have practice, or students who have to help support their families with a job... | Evidence | Effective |
69f14b892f44 | 7A0F4648B341 | Some people like to play basketball, some like to play hockey, some like to play football. Likewise, students all have different sets of skills and things that they enjoy. Some students may want to do something that is not offered at that school, yet they wouldn't be able to. It doesn't make sense that they should part... | Evidence | Effective |
a552955bd291 | 7A0F4648B341 | Making participation mandatory for extracurricular activities is impeding on the students right to choose for themselves. They learn in their classes that everyone has their rights, and taking them away is very unconstitutional, so it's ironic that their ability to have a choice is taken away from them. They don't have... | Evidence | Effective |
44817f307025 | 7A0F4648B341 | If we look on the other side of this argument, the point is that students should take extracurricular activities to better themselves. | Counterclaim | Adequate |
d1228e4c6301 | 7A0F4648B341 | This actually makes sense, except that they should be required to do it. | Rebuttal | Adequate |
83adff3c950c | 7A0F4648B341 | Mandatory participation in extracurricular activities is bad for students because the students may not have time, they might not be interested and they lose the ability to choose for themselves. It is important students that students have the right to choose so they know that there are always options. If students are f... | Concluding Statement | Effective |
26f11a828b41 | 7A347C69D3D1 | Summer projects are a helpful tool to use to gain insight of a student's capabilities and to prepare them for the upcoming school year. Summer projects can be used for any subject or curriculum to help a student for their next courses, whether they are college level or not | Lead | Adequate |
f23f70f5b4f3 | 7A347C69D3D1 | Even though summer projects are designed to help students and can be done in a number of ways, it is beneficial to have it designed based on the teacher's curriculum and needs. | Position | Effective |
0192af7fc5e1 | 7A347C69D3D1 | Though there are different varieties of how to formulate a summer assignment, having it expand on student skills and help teach a new subject can be beneficial for the teacher. Summer assignments can be used as a review and to help teach a new subject based on what the course is | Evidence | Adequate |
6a6cc3fea027 | 7A347C69D3D1 | Having it designed around the teacher's curriculum and upcoming plans allows for students to get a grasp and to expect what will be taught and the level of difficulty the class will be. | Claim | Effective |
90d025cfde73 | 7A347C69D3D1 | summer assignments for math tend to review previous subjects that will be used for a harder math course and will help expand on this knowledge. A summer assignment that I have done is one for Precalculus with Trigonometry that not only reviewed previous math skills but expanded on them which helped to prepare me for th... | Evidence | Effective |
8ee381eb47e2 | 7A347C69D3D1 | Summer projects are a beneficial tool for all students and teachers, though it is helpful for a teacher in the new year to teach the subject if students have some knowledge about it. Students tend to struggle when going into a new year, especially with classes that are college leveled and they have no knowledge about i... | Evidence | Effective |
dd35524e72be | 7A347C69D3D1 | Though students can pick if what and if they want to do the summer project, the assignments being based on the teacher's future teaching plans will allow the student to know upcoming expectations. | Claim | Effective |
e102f65fe7b9 | 7A347C69D3D1 | Summer projects are a tool to help a teacher, having them designed around the teacher's plans will allow each teacher to know where each student is and know where to focus most in the curriculum. | Claim | Effective |
8122d2a168e4 | 7A347C69D3D1 | Every student had different previous teachers who teach in different ways and have different capabilities and extensions of learning which can cause a struggle for teachers. For example, my English summer project was to read and annotate a novel so I could write an argumentative essay on it. After turning it in, it bec... | Evidence | Effective |
517c0e9b7ac0 | 7A347C69D3D1 | Though students are mature enough to choose their assignments and parts for the projects, | Counterclaim | Adequate |
ed743f1ee6b6 | 7A347C69D3D1 | teachers design them to know more about each student and will be prepared to reevaluate their lesson plans. | Rebuttal | Adequate |
e610a603f059 | 7A347C69D3D1 | Summer assignments come in a variety of ways, but having them based on the teacher's units and plans for the school year will prepare both student and teacher. Summer projects can be used in any subject to benefit the teacher and allow a smooth year for easier teaching when knowing the students skill set and be prepare... | Concluding Statement | Effective |
648b93468926 | 7A3E4D5F7F6D | Imagine your principal creating an extra curricular activity assignment that you have to choose whether to be in a sport, yearbook comitee, or student council. | Lead | Ineffective |
102e268a2bf2 | 7A3E4D5F7F6D | I for one would be in love with this idea. | Position | Adequate |
295c4333d8f3 | 7A3E4D5F7F6D | Extra curricular activities are fun, | Claim | Adequate |
536cc779d0dd | 7A3E4D5F7F6D | stress coping, | Claim | Adequate |
125dbb130588 | 7A3E4D5F7F6D | can improve life skills. | Claim | Adequate |
f711b8e16b7a | 7A3E4D5F7F6D | Sports to me are just my life, they take time away from school and relieve so much stress. | Claim | Adequate |
f781238fabf6 | 7A3E4D5F7F6D | Extra curricular activity relieve a lot of stress from school and give an extra hobby to participate in. | Claim | Adequate |
eae40c070b2d | 7A3E4D5F7F6D | Taking stress away from school is a very important to a students mind.
With to much stress students don't preform as well as they should because their mind is clouded by all the work they have to get done that they have for later.
Students with lots of stress their grades tend to drop because they cannot function, bu... | Evidence | Adequate |
83b64b913986 | 7A3E4D5F7F6D | Sports is a great extra curricular activity that is fun. With sports you can play with your friends and have fun. I play on a sports team and it is really fun because a lot of my friends are on the team causing sports to be more enjoyable to me, but what if you don't like sports. There are many extracurricular activiti... | Evidence | Adequate |
9664fd0ed79c | 7A3E4D5F7F6D | Some extra curricular activities that you can make or find that can help with life skills is Baking,Sewing, and speaking a different language there are places near you that can help you with life skills.
An example of this is my mom participates in a cooking class down the street from my house and my dad participates ... | Evidence | Adequate |
bbf6d0b5aec0 | 7A3E4D5F7F6D | I completely agree with the principals assignment and I would recommend to a lot of people that participating in an extra curricular activity would be a good thing. Extra curricular activities are fun, stress coping, and can improve life skills. Extra curricular activities can make it easier to suite your personal need... | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
1db20d7c0ba7 | 7A86EA9E70AC | TO THE FELLOW CITIZENS OUT THERE WE ARE LIMITING CAR'S BECAUES PEOPLE DONT LIKE TO PAY THERE CAR, BECAUES THEY EIGTHER DONT HAVE THE MONEY FOR IT OR THEY JUST DONT WANNA PAY IT.. PEOPLE ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY DONT LIEK AYING THER CADR THATS WHY PEOPLES CAR GET TODE BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE LAZY..WHEN A CHILD HAS A SOCCER GAM... | Lead | Ineffective |
da0b03d73de3 | 7A86EA9E70AC | IN GERMAN LIFE GOES WITHOUT CARS.. IN EVERY STATE PEOPLES CAR GET TODE FOR NOT DOING WHAT THEY NEED TO DO FOR THEE CAR..AS A RESULT, 60 PERCENT OF PEOPLE DONT OWN A CAR AND 42 PERCENT OF PEOPLE SOLD THERE CAR TO MOVE IN A DIFFERENT HOME..WHEN SOME PEOPLE HAVE CARS THEY LOVE TO GO DO WHAT THEY LIKE O DO TO HAVE FUN.WHEN... | Evidence | Ineffective |
c3387fef7b98 | 7A86EA9E70AC | IN CONCLUTION PEOPLE DONT NEED CARS | Position | Adequate |
c21d5e6c4ff0 | 7A86EA9E70AC | THEY COULD WALK RIDE A BIKES OR DO SOMETHING .. PEOPLE WHO DONE HAVE LICENSE NEED TO NOT DRIVE BECAUSE THEY CAN GET INTO BIG TROUBLE AND THEY WOULD GO TO JAIL FOR IT .. | Concluding Statement | Ineffective |
16cc138d5c99 | 7ADE90498A72 | In the story Luke's friend played a big role in him becoming a seagoing cowboy, because he invitied him to go to Europe with him. If his friend didn't invite him Luke would not be know. Thats the reason his friend played a big role
On luke's adventurs he travled to alot of places that were left in ruins from World War... | Evidence | Ineffective |
40d1a8d9693e | 7AFEC882B9F5 | Summer break is a time for relaxation but, sometimes schools may assign students projects over the break. Thoughts of whether projects should be student or teacher designed have been tossed around. Some students of course would choose to do projects of their own choosing. | Lead | Adequate |
557c24b0a8d9 | 7AFEC882B9F5 | In my opinion projects should be teacher designed | Position | Adequate |
b3d93d666221 | 7AFEC882B9F5 | there will be a higher chance of completion due to, a time frame, | Claim | Effective |
7a8272d5bfc9 | 7AFEC882B9F5 | taking away pressure | Claim | Effective |
7c700ed3d74e | 7AFEC882B9F5 | a quenching of students thirst for knowledge. | Claim | Effective |
e110cc45bd67 | 7AFEC882B9F5 | When it comes to any type of work there is a time frame in which it needs to be completed. | Claim | Effective |
f24d6ecdec2a | 7AFEC882B9F5 | When teachers assign students projects they are thought out and planned, if students are given the opportunity to design projects themselves especially over break there is the factor of procrastination. Teachers will assign students a project that is set in stone which will take away thoughts of changing the project ov... | Evidence | Effective |
b0ccefb6590c | 7AFEC882B9F5 | Teacher designed projects also take pressure off the students | Claim | Effective |
e7bf0fdcf98f | 7AFEC882B9F5 | Students may not know what kind of project will be worthy enough for a good grade and may second guess themselves. Some teachers have higher expectations for their students than others can which make some students feel pressured. Teacher designed projects will lower that feeling due to the fact students will not have t... | Evidence | Adequate |
7aee0da0860d | 7AFEC882B9F5 | People old and young have a thirst for knowledge students especially. Teachers may give students a project they know nothing about but the goal is for the student to keep learning while on break | Claim | Effective |
c5a321bda156 | 7AFEC882B9F5 | When given a teacher designed project if the students have all the knowledge about the project, or not they will learn or discover new things. Projects require research which gives students the opportunity to discover tons of new information. Widening the students education and preparing them for next year. Student may... | Evidence | Effective |
4095db5c5062 | 7AFEC882B9F5 | Some may argue that student designed projects will benifit the student more than a teacher designed project because of the chance of an easy grade. | Counterclaim | Effective |
d3e3985b9067 | 7AFEC882B9F5 | When a teacher designed project will give students the opprotunity to widen their knowledge | Rebuttal | Effective |
bea7e2706327 | 7AFEC882B9F5 | Teacher desigend projects make this possible by, giving a time frame, taking away pressure, and giving more knowledge to the student. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
17d4741f252e | 7AFF516471C0 | to my opinion i think that we should not be practiceing to find out a eay if we could use a computure to read our emotional expressions | Position | Adequate |
0d86d7f666fa | 7AFF516471C0 | to my point of view as a student i woldnt like if s computure would look at me nd say oh shes feeling happy. because computers does not have a soul do when i hear that they should have computures to se if they can read emotions well i think thats is redundunt. | Claim | Ineffective |
24999b9ee6c4 | 7AFF516471C0 | now as they said in the story paragraph 3 sentence one, they can begin the process when the computure constructs a 3-D computure model f the face; all 44 major musclesin the modela must move like a human muscles. now in other words make a robot that looks exactly like a human and can do human things. i think that why a... | Evidence | Adequate |
df2457f92c85 | 7AFF516471C0 | now some people believe that we should have robots to help us etc | Counterclaim | Adequate |
af8063e80150 | 7AFF516471C0 | but they also say what if they become evil and they go against us and take over the world and kill us all. i think that if they ever make robots and that were to happen then it was all planned because this bings me back to my point. robots dont have souls which means that they cant procces haterate in them. unless they... | Rebuttal | Ineffective |
5959bd613bc1 | 7AFF516471C0 | i think that if a student actually thinks that it would be nice to have the computure read your emotions and you could talk to it and stuff | Claim | Ineffective |
a82b50839363 | 7AFF516471C0 | then i feel lik that would seperte our world even moe ut this time is seperate from eachother from our closest friends and family because they would become our friends and they will become our family. i think if you want to end bulling and family problems etc. then is still not a good idea. like i said this still leads... | Evidence | Ineffective |
f21dcc8dbf02 | 7AFF516471C0 | so if ou ask me do you think that we should make robots to read our emotions. i would just simply say no its to complicated and learn to comunicate with people to fix problems and dont try to be the ruler of evrything cause you will fail and if the world ends ill blame it on you. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
aa51da598077 | 7B0D23FCA29B | Nine times out of ten children will get bad habits from not adding an extracurricular activity to their schedule.
Causing them to be lazy and end up with bad grades. | Lead | Ineffective |
ef464ffce0bf | 7B0D23FCA29B | when you add at least one or more extracurricular activity to your schedule, it can help you | Position | Adequate |
f144e8864468 | 7B0D23FCA29B | be more social, | Claim | Adequate |
d43b53dfb71a | 7B0D23FCA29B | get ready for high school, | Claim | Adequate |
808454647436 | 7B0D23FCA29B | have a healthier schedule.
| Claim | Adequate |
570cdcec33a1 | 7B0D23FCA29B | When getting a new activity to do at the end of the day, you will end up with other people. Meeting different people is one of the ways to clear bad social habits. Because of the fact that they are in the same activity as you, some of them might have the same interests. This can cause you to have new friends, this will... | Evidence | Adequate |
463d1fe6f64b | 7B0D23FCA29B | To get ready for high school you are going to need a good GPA score meaning you need a high grade if not higher. Getting an extra activity can help you if not guide you to the higher GPA. Sometimes the teachers will give you extra credit activities or let you finish work that you want to get done. | Evidence | Adequate |
280f112fab4b | 7B0D23FCA29B | Building a healthy schedule is very important because it can effect what you do now and what you will do in the future. When you add something to your schedule it will help you be able to take hard and stressful tasks. This will help you when ever you dont have a lot of people around to help. | Evidence | Adequate |
ea519fcee560 | 7B0D23FCA29B | Now some people might say that it's "too hard","I just dont need it" , or " it takes too much time". | Counterclaim | Adequate |
c5974dbe2a77 | 7B0D23FCA29B | But student will need this when they have nothing else to do or when they have bad grades and they need help. | Rebuttal | Ineffective |
d5dd7dbfcd27 | 7B0D23FCA29B | If adding an extra curricular activity to a students time, then it will give them social skills, lead them to high school, and help build a healthy schedule. These are the main things that students need to be successful. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
9dafb14d9601 | 7B52C05A4BDB | Does your school do summer assignments? Some teachers give summer assignments that require too much or take the whole summer to finish. This statement leaves you thinking, should students make the summer assignments or teachers? | Lead | Adequate |
a3af92020dd8 | 7B52C05A4BDB | I believe it should be student-based assignments | Position | Adequate |
166b48665bc5 | 7B52C05A4BDB | these assignments would allow students to be creative in their own ways. | Claim | Adequate |
71ccc33f55ad | 7B52C05A4BDB | if students make these assignments they can relate in so many different ways | Claim | Adequate |
ead9ccc0444b | 7B52C05A4BDB | Making these assignments student-based makes the students think of creative things to do. | Claim | Adequate |
0226dfad4b6c | 7B52C05A4BDB | Critical thinking would be the number one outcome of these projects. Students shouldn't be allowed to make the assignments to easy because although they are student-based assignments, you will still have to think about how the teachers feel and what they think about it. Allowing these students to be creative with these... | Evidence | Adequate |
8b581450e5e7 | 7B52C05A4BDB | When creating these projects, students will be encouraged to work together. This will allow students to relate to each other, creating different ideas. | Claim | Adequate |
8970d422f562 | 7B52C05A4BDB | Although, relating to each other when creating these projects is a great thing, some students will think otherwise. Some students will say that they enjoy the summer assignments that teachers give and don't want students to take that away. | Counterclaim | Adequate |
9a69ca65063b | 7B52C05A4BDB | I personally don't like the summer assignments teachers give us because they require the whole summer to do. Kids like me want to have fun, not stay at home and read a book all day. | Rebuttal | Ineffective |
bdc5ba80a69b | 7B52C05A4BDB | I strongly believe students should make these summer assignments, allowing us to critically thing and be creative. Teachers want to make you critically think but their assignments are boring and always the same. We need students to put a fun and interesting spin on summer assignments. Leaving us with a brain full of kn... | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
7e942350a866 | 7BB7EF3AD4C6 | Unmasking the Face on Mars is talking about how some people discused how it was created by aliens and other scientist just say it is a natural landform and i agree. | Position | Adequate |
c9854b8ac914 | 7BB7EF3AD4C6 | May 24 2001 tenty five years ago NASAs space craft found a shadowy likeness of a human face . Scientist believe that it is a natural based lanform called a Martian messa common enough around Cydonia | Evidence | Adequate |
39d75fc60ef4 | 7BB7EF3AD4C6 | A few days later NASA unveiled it for all to see. Now few scientist think their is an alien artifact, but they are wrong. | Claim | Ineffective |
12360abb0b48 | 7BB7EF3AD4C6 | As soon as word got out on April 5th 1998 when Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time.
They snaped a picture ten times sharper than the originak viking photo . Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting for the JPL website to show the picture scientist revealed the picture as a natural landform t... | Evidence | Ineffective |
1b9281ea6ba5 | 7BB7EF3AD4C6 | There was no evidence of there ever being an alien just a historical landform that was a familiar to a humans face . But people were still not satisfied about the research . What the picture actually shows is the martian equivalent of a butte or messa lanform not an alien or artifact . | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
5cc3ba3467e2 | 7BDF02EBF9F9 | Venus is the second planet from the sun and the closest planet to Earth, in terms of density and size. | Lead | Ineffective |
7effde149f99 | 7BDF02EBF9F9 | Studying Venus would be a worthy pursuit despite the dangers | Position | Adequate |
8ba7e1e5346a | 7BDF02EBF9F9 | if anything would happen to Earth it would be the nearest option for a planetary visit, | Claim | Effective |
0ae21fe7d8b6 | 7BDF02EBF9F9 | we would learn more about Venus and the planet's harsh conditions, | Claim | Effective |
152a06aa4d8f | 7BDF02EBF9F9 | Venus is like Earth in multiple ways like being able to support life.
| Claim | Effective |
1f6e9b6bafd0 | 7BDF02EBF9F9 | If anything would ever happen to Earth, Venus would be our closet option for a planetary visit | Claim | Effective |
ea234db8830a | 7BDF02EBF9F9 | In paragraph two the text states,"Earth, Venus,and Mars, our other planetary neighbor, orbit the sun at different speeds. These differences in speed mean that sometimes we are closer to Mars and other times to Venus." This piece of text from the passage shows that if anything were to happen to Earth, Venus would be our... | Evidence | Adequate |
0fdb43a26d39 | 7BDF02EBF9F9 | Secondly, we should continue studying Venus because it will allow us to learn more about Venus and the planet's harsh conditions. | Claim | Effective |
02f7f3fbd832 | 7BDF02EBF9F9 | In paragraph three the text illustrates,"On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet." This piece of text from paragraph three shows that we should continue studying Venus because it will allow us t... | Evidence | Effective |
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