Grade 10- Assessment- Straight A's
Analysis of Evidence: Evolution Persuasive Essay Template
Name:_________
Date:_____
Period:___
Due: 3/3-3/4
Standard(s):
BI.7 a. Students know why natural selection acts on the phenotype rather than the genotype of an organism.
BI. 8. a. Students know how natural selection determines the differential survival of groups of organisms.
BI. 8. b. Students know a great diversity of species increase the chance that at least some organisms will survive major changes in the environment
BI. 8. e Students know how to analyze fossil evidence with regard to biological diversity, episodic speciation, and mass extinction.
Writing Resources: http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/thesis.html http://tommarch.com/electraguide/thesis.php http://www.persuasiveessayguide.com/how-to-write-a-persuasive-essay http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/acadwrite/conclude.html http://www.thewritingsite.org/resources/genre/persuasive.asp http://www.thebulletin.org/web-edition/columnists/laura-h-kahn/why-evolution-should-be-taught-public-schools http://www.mlive.com/opinion/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2009/04/our_turn_should_evolution_be_t.html Directions: You will be writing a persuasive essay to a School Board that does not believe in biological evolution, and will not allow it to be taught in schools. Persuasive essays are used to convince an audience of your position using evidence. In your essay you will be using the evidence you collected (Evidence of Evolution Graphic Organizer) to support your position that evolution is an acceptable scientific theory, and that it should be taught in schools.
Your Position :(keep this in mind as you are filling out the template)-There are multiple sources of evidence to support evolution as a scientific theory, and because of this it should be taught in schools.
Part I. Writing the Introduction-Fill in the template below by completing the introduction as instructed by your teacher.
Paragraph 1(Introduction)
Type of Sentence
Your
Name:_________
Date:_____
Period:___
Due: 3/3-3/4
Standard(s):
BI.7 a. Students know why natural selection acts on the phenotype rather than the genotype of an organism.
BI. 8. a. Students know how natural selection determines the differential survival of groups of organisms.
BI. 8. b. Students know a great diversity of species increase the chance that at least some organisms will survive major changes in the environment
BI. 8. e Students know how to analyze fossil evidence with regard to biological diversity, episodic speciation, and mass extinction.
Writing Resources: http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/thesis.html http://tommarch.com/electraguide/thesis.php http://www.persuasiveessayguide.com/how-to-write-a-persuasive-essay http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/acadwrite/conclude.html http://www.thewritingsite.org/resources/genre/persuasive.asp http://www.thebulletin.org/web-edition/columnists/laura-h-kahn/why-evolution-should-be-taught-public-schools http://www.mlive.com/opinion/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2009/04/our_turn_should_evolution_be_t.html Directions: You will be writing a persuasive essay to a School Board that does not believe in biological evolution, and will not allow it to be taught in schools. Persuasive essays are used to convince an audience of your position using evidence. In your essay you will be using the evidence you collected (Evidence of Evolution Graphic Organizer) to support your position that evolution is an acceptable scientific theory, and that it should be taught in schools.
Your Position :(keep this in mind as you are filling out the template)-There are multiple sources of evidence to support evolution as a scientific theory, and because of this it should be taught in schools.
Part I. Writing the Introduction-Fill in the template below by completing the introduction as instructed by your teacher.
Paragraph 1(Introduction)
Type of Sentence
Your