**Title: Advanced Essay Writing: Arguing With Structure**
In today’s class, the focus was on developing skills for writing an argumentative essay. The session delved into the finer details of arguing effectively by structuring essays to highlight strengths and counter potential weaknesses in the arguments presented. The class was designed to equip students with the tools to choose the most suitable essay structure based on the nature of their topics and the balance of arguments for and against their proposition.
**Attendance:**
– All students were present except for Nour Sultan.
**Topics Covered:**
– **Introduction and Plans for Supara Hike:** Brief logistics and payment instructions for the upcoming hiking club’s Supara trek.
– **Survey Feedback and Upcoming Classes:** Reminder for students to submit surveys and announcement regarding future classes focusing on data interpretation for essays.
– **Essay Structure Differences:** Discussion centered on differentiating structures between argumentative and persuasive essays.
– **Pros and Cons Activity:** Students listed pros and cons related to proposed solutions, aiming to identify strong points and potential counterarguments.
– **Deep Dive into Essay Structuring:**
– Overview of three potential structures (A, B, C) reflecting the sequence of arguing and refuting points.
– Detailing each structure with examples, highlighting the importance of choosing the right structure based on the argument’s popularity, strength, and counterarguments’ robustness.
– **Interactive Analysis with Pro and Con Charts:** Practical exercise using hypothetical scenarios (surveillance cameras and senior driver limits) to apply essay structuring principles.
– **Background Paragraph Importance:** Emphasis on detailing the necessity and history of the problem in the background paragraph of the essay.
**Actionable Items:**
– **Urgent:**
– Ensure students registered for the Supara hike complete payments and confirm their participation.
– **Ongoing:**
– Monitor the submission and quality of student surveys and provide timely feedback.
– Prepare for detailed discussions and examples in upcoming classes to reinforce today’s learnings on essay structuring.
**Homework:**
– **Essay Map Creation:** Students are to choose an appropriate essay structure (A, B, or C) based on their topic’s pros and cons and develop a detailed essay map.
– **Thesis Statement Development:** Incorporate a strong thesis statement into the essay map, aligned with the chosen structure.
– **Background Research:** Continue gathering data and evidence to substantiate the background and importance of the issue discussed in the essay.