Wednesday, March 1, 2017

Argument Letter -- Support Water for South Sudan

Sample:

American Fork Junior High 
20 West 1120 North

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American Fork, Utah 84003

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Administration, American Fork Junior High

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Dear Mr. Schoonover, Mr. Anderson, Mr. Johnson, and Mr. Cotterell:

[Write your essay here with. .. . ]
Introduction with hook, background, claim, and reasons.

First body paragraph -- The topic sentence will include your first reason.

Second body paragraph -- The topic sentence will include your second reason.

Recognize a counterclaim and refute the counterclaim.

Conclusion

Sincerely,
(with your full name)
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Student at American Fork Junior High


Don't forget 
  •     to use a formal tone
    •             no  "you," or "I"; no contractions; no slang.
  •     to use transitions
  •     to carefully edit for conventions 

Citing a source: 
According to Water for South Sudan.org, "By providing access to clean, safe water and facilitating hygiene education, Water for South Sudan sows the seeds for growth. "
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"By providing access to clean, safe water and facilitating hygiene education, Water for South Sudan sows the seeds for growth" (Water for South Sudan.org). 
or
Nya, a main character in the novel A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park, carries water for her family from a distant pond, two trips a day for seven months a year, and during the other months, she much dig holes in a muddy lake bed and wait for water to fill them (Park, 20, 26).
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The fictional account in Linda Sue Park's novel, A Long Walk to Water,  describes a small girl who has been sickened by the water the family must drink: "For the elderly and for small children, the illness could be dangerous. Unable to hold anything in their systems, many of them starved to death, even with food right in front of them."