Part One: Warm Up
- What activities did your parents encourage you to participate in when you were a child? What effects did these activities have on you?
- What childhood activities and experiences can contribute to a child’s success?
- How is playing sports beneficial for children?
Part Two: Getting Ready to Write
This lesson will focus on argumentative writing. In argumentative writing, the writer takes a specific position on a topic or issue and then develops that position with reasons to show that it is true. The goal of the writer is to try to make the reader agree with their position.
Open the exercise and follow the instructions.
Exercise
Part Three: Your Turn
Open the exercise and follow the instructions.