Unit 4: Daybook Lessons 16-20

Persuasive Position Paper

*Hiroshima (John Hersey)

*"The Avalon Project"

*"Summer Flower"

*Shockwave

*Hiroshima (Laurence Yep)

 

In Unit 4, the various accounts of the bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, gave you a lot of information about that critical event and its place in history. Based on what you have learned from these articles, write a persuasive essay in which you state your ideas about the development and use of nuclear energy. Take a position on how nuclear energy should be used in the future. Support your position with reasons, facts, and details from the texts in Unit 4. Also address any opposing viewpoints to your position (these are called counterarguments).Your ending should include a call to action, or the intended response you would like your reader to take.

1.Complete the T-chart as prewriting for this assignment.

2. Write a rough draft of your paper. Be sure to use transition words as you move from one paragraph to the next.

3. Peer edit: Switch papers with another student who is ready to edit to help one another.

4. Revise and edit your work.

5. Turn in your final draft for grading.