Task: Choose a topic based on the Civil Rights Act of 1964 or gender from the previous interview you completed. Then, write a paragraph supporting your opinion.

Purpose: Your purpose is to persuade your audience.

Audience: Your audience are your classmates and your teacher.



Take the outline that you already completed and edit for any errors in conventions, citations, and specific word choice. Make sure your paragraph persuades others of your opinion.

Follow the below format, but remember the terms (concrete detail, topic sentence etc) are not included in a final draft. This should be one paragraph in length. Look at the rubric to see how you will be scored. Submit your paragraph to Dropbox.

Hook:

Topic Sentence:

Concrete Detail (with in-text citation):

Commentary:

Commentary:

Concrete Detail (with in-text citation):

Commentary:

Commentary:

Concluding Sentence: