Name: _________________

Phase 1: Collecting Data/Survey: You will be working AGAINST another student in your capacity to be a critical thinker, researcher, fact builder, and evidence presenter. You will use ratios and percentages to hit your competitor with hard, real facts that they will be affected by and maybe even join your side. This is how you gain supporters. This is how you can be a successful communicator and leader. Collect data and organize it, so you can USE IT to help your argument.

PrePlan: How do you think you are going to do on this survey activity? What grade are you aiming to get and how will you achieve this grade?

Step 1: Write your purposeful and clear survey question. If there are certain response choices, write them here as well.

Step 2: Conduct the survey and organize responses (Ask AT LEAST 25 people and organize in a tally chart)

Step 3: On another piece of paper, create a BAR GRAPH or CIRCLE GRAPH that represents your finds. Make sure to include the following for your bar graph: 1.) A horizontal and vertical axis 3.) Number values for you tick marks 5.) Labels for you axis 2.) Evenly spaced tick marks 4.) A title

Step 4: Create THREE percentage/ parts of a whole questions concerning your survey WITH ANSWERS!!!!

Name: ________________________________________ Phase 2: Research: You will be working AGAINST another student in your capacity to be a critical thinker, researcher, fact builder, and evidence presenter. You will use ratios and percentages to hit your competitor with hard, real facts that they will be affected by and maybe even join your side. This is how you gain supporters. This is how you can be a successful communicator and leader. RESEARCH resources on your topic. High light FACTS relevant towards you article. Source 1: Once you find an article or resource, read through it carefully to decide if usable, print out, high light facts RELEVANT towards argument. Label this Source 1. Collect your resource information that is applicable, such as Type or resource (website, book, interview, etc: Title: URL: Author: Editor: Date accessed: Published date: Source 2: Once you find another article or resource, read through it carefully to decide if usable, print out, high light facts RELEVANT towards argument. Label this Source 2. Collect your resource information that is applicable, Type or resource (website, book, interview, etc: Title: URL: Author: Editor: Date accessed: Published date: Source 3: Once you find another article or resource, read through it carefully to decide if usable, print out, high light facts RELEVANT towards argument. Label this Source 3. Collect your resource information that is applicable, Type or resource (website, book, interview, etc: Title: URL: Author: Editor: Date accessed: Published date:

Name: ________________________________________ Phase 3: Outline: You will be working AGAINST another student in your capacity to be a critical thinker, researcher, fact builder, and evidence presenter. You will use ratios and percentages to hit your competitor with hard, real facts that they will be affected by and maybe even join your side. This is how you gain supporters. This is how you can be a successful communicator and leader. Organize key FACTS, data, and evidence for your argument by completing this. Introduction: State CLEARLY your argument. Make it a strong statement. Example: The government SHOULD NOT pass the mandated healthcare bill or The American needs to pass more environmental regulation laws. _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ Body of Evidence: A.) Evidence 1: This answers the why to your argument above. Ex: We need more environment laws that promote limitations to how much resources we use BECAUSE America is a wasteful and does not use resources wisely. Note how this is can be more opinionated. YOU WILL NEED TO BACK UP THIS STATEMENT WITH FACTS!! One of these facts should be a percentage. _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 1.) Fact:

2.) Fact:

Second Body of Evidence: B.) Evidence 2: This answers the why to your argument above. Ex: We need more environment laws that promote limitations to how much resources we use BECAUSE America is a wasteful and does not use resources wisely. Note how this is can be more opinionated. YOU WILL NEED TO BACK UP THIS STATEMENT WITH FACTS!! One of these facts should be a percentage. _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ 1.) Fact:

2.) Fact:

Conclusion: Create a good conclusion statement that restates your argument, and gives your audience a strong sense of your purpose/argument.

Name: ________________________________________ Phase 4: Paper You will be working AGAINST another student in your capacity to be a critical thinker, researcher, fact builder, and evidence presenter. You will use ratios and percentages to hit your competitor with hard, real facts that they will be affected by and maybe even join your side. This is how you gain supporters. This is how you can be a successful communicator and leader. Use your outline and your survey to guide your argument paper with a beginning, body, and end. Make sure to use this rubric/checklist to help you assess yourself and progress. Phase 1: Survey /12 /2 /2 /5 /3

Neatly completed on time; included Survey met the minimum people count ( # of people surveyed >25) Graph/visual is neat, portrays survey data, labeled, titled Three questions are thoughtful, insightful, and have answers

Phase 2: Research

/8 /2 /2 /2 /2

Neatly completed and on time; included Highlighted information are FACTS and RELEVANT Sources are sited using MLA formatting There are at least 2 sources used.

Phase 3: Outline

/21 /2 /3 /3

Neatly completed thoroughly and on time; included Clear argument stance is communicated for the beginning Body of Evidence A supports argument/ relates back to argument, relevant towards making the argument, strong Facts for Body of Evidence supports evidence statement, is relevant And 1 of the 2 is a mathematically derived Facts for Body of Evidence supports evidence statement, is relevant And 1 of the 2 is a mathematically derived Conclusion is strong, enhances the argument, leaves audience with memory

/5 /5 /5

Phase 4: Argument

/17 /4 /4 /4 /5

Professionally completed and ontime with few grammar/technical errors All information from outline is included with paper Winning paper that convinces and has a clear argument with evidence Listening