Student Handout: Final Essay On Civic Virtue
Overview: You are going to rewrite your one-page essay detailing your ideas on whether or not most Americans today have civic enduring virtue.The essay will have five paragraphs:
1. In the first paragraph, define civic virtue using at least five words or phrases that describe the characteristics of a person with civic virtue.
2. The second paragraph will be two sentences:
Sentence one:3. The third paragraph will have a specific example to support your opinion.
Either: In my opinion, most Americans today have enduring civic virtue
Or: In my opinion, most Americans today do not have enduring civic virtue.Sentence two:
Either: I have maintained my original opinion from the first essay.
Or: This opinion differs from my first essay.
4. The fourth paragraph will have another specific example to support your opinion.
Note: Both examples need to be specific and supported with at least one fact. At least one of the examples must be supported with facts or opinions taken from an outside source. You may use facts or statistics from the two articles we read in class, or you may use information that you have discovered or researched on your own. If you use your own information, you must properly cite the source in your essay.5. The fifth paragraph must clearly and accurately state an argument used by students whose opinion differed from the one you currently hold. You must then write a response (rebuttal) to that argument.
The final draft with the rough draft attached is worth 25 points.
The rough draft is worth 10 points and the final draft is worth 15 points
(3 points for each of the five paragraphs written according to the above directions.)