Before School Argument Writing Workshop

Wouldn’t it be great to make nearly $111 million a year simply to play a game?  Many professional athletes, certainly think so! But do these athletes really deserve all that money?

That’s the debate students in 5th grade began grappling with today in week 1 of a 4 week, before school, argument writing workshop.  Writers will collaboratively work to sort and weigh evidence around this controversial topic. Ultimately a choice will have to be rendered: Position A- Professional athletes get paid too much money, or Position B- Professional athletes earn what they deserve. Students will collect evidence, rehearse thinking, plan their claim while respectfully addressing the counterclaim, and finally bring their argument to fruition in written form!

Stayed tuned to hear more from this heated debate group!