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DROPEVERYTHINGANDWRITE
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Youwillhaveoneclassperiodtowriteaessay.Beforeyoubeginplanningandwritingyour
essay,readthepromptcarefullytounderstandexactlywhatyouarebeingaskedtodo.
Youressayshouldincludethefollowingcriteria:

Anattentiongrabbingintroductionthatendswithasentencethatclearlystatesyour
positionontheissue(thesis).

Clearandlogicalorganizationwitheffectivetransitionsbetweenparagraphs.

Aconcludingparagraphthatrestatestheposition(thesis),reasons,andendsonastrong
convincingnote.

Avarietyofwords,phrases,andsentences.

Minimalerrorsingrammar,usage,spelling,capitalization,andpunctuationastonot
interferewithareadersunderstanding.

ThePrompt:
Supposethateveryoneintheworldwillbeexpectedtospeakthesamelanguageinthenext
fewdecades.Doyouagreewithhavingoneworldwidelanguage?Whyorwhynot?Besure
tosupportyourpositionwithstrongreasonsandexamples.

Takeapositionontheissueoutlinedintheprompt.Besuretosupportyourpositionwith
specificreasonsanddetails.
1. Outlineyouressayonthefollowingpage.(Suggestedtime1015minutes)
2. Writeyouressayontheattachedlinedpaper.Itmustbeatleast5paragraphs.(Suggested
time2030minutes)
3. Proofreadandeditusingthechecklistprovided.(Suggestedtime510minutes)