Lesson 61 of 88 · Explanatory Essay
⭐ 30 XP🗻 Essay SummitArgumentative: Social Media Impact
✍️ Today's hook
Does social media do more harm than good for teenagers.
Warm-up scribble
Write 'I think ___' and finish it three different ways.
Mentor sentence
🗻 Weak claim: "Phones are bad sometimes." Strong claim: "Phones cost students 23 minutes of focus per hour."
Instructions
Does social media do more harm than good for teenagers? Take a clear position and support it with evidence.
What to Include
Claim
State a clear, debatable claim.
Evidence
Support with facts, data, or examples.
Counterclaim
Address the opposing viewpoint.
Reasoning
Explain how evidence supports the claim.
Conclusion
Restate claim and summarize key points.
Creative Writing
Does social media do more harm than good for teenagers? Take a clear position and support it with evidence.
What to include:
- Claim: State a clear, debatable claim.
- Evidence: Support with facts, data, or examples.
- Counterclaim: Address the opposing viewpoint.
- Reasoning: Explain how evidence supports the claim.
- Conclusion: Restate claim and summarize key points.
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Argumentative: Social Media Impact
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