American People Might Agree on Having Different Experiences and Perspectives Discussion

1. Follow the directions below to create sentences, and then you will put it all together to make body paragraph 2 🙂

2. After you post, please review another student’s work with a minimum of 5 sentences, telling them what they did well, what things they could change to improve, and ask any questions you have.

Part 1A: Transition + topic sentence that introduces an argument Gladwell makes, a counter argument [why people might disagree], and a rebuttal [how would Gladwell respond to what others say]Do not put the words argument, counterargument or rebuttal into your topic sentence!

Part 1B: The argument

Transition + Main Point 1 Gladwell argues that …

Context + “Quote from text illustrating argument” (pg).

Explanation of how the quote supports the argument.

Part 1C: Counterargument

Transition + Main Point 2 where some people might disagree with Gladwell because …

Context + “Quote from text illustrating counterargument” (pg).

Explanation of how the quote supports the counterargument

Part 1D: Rebuttal

Transition + Main Point 3 Gladwell would say those people are wrong because …

Context + “Quote from text illustrating rebuttal” (pg).

Explanation of how the quote supports rebuttal

Part 1E: Put all the above sentence together to create body paragraph 2 below:

Name of the book is Blink the power of thinking without thinking by Malcolm Gladwell’s