Summative Argumentative Essay Debate Prep Graphic Organizer (Revised 2/22/21)

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Name: maryn
Class Period: 4th period
Teacher: Ms. Boleyjack
Date: 2/22/21

Overall Claim: we can improve society by being aware and vocalizing our feelings
about the negative effects of prejudice and bias relating to morality.
Select One (highlight the side you agree with in green) All students should highlight
affirmative.
Affirmative (agree with above claim) Negative (disagree with above claim)
Evidence to Support Central Idea #1 & Explanation of how evidence supports claim:
Central Idea #2: Pick four different sentence starters from the list:
 As a result,  This shows that…  This shows… 
Therefore,  This is because…  For this reason, 
The evidence suggests/shows ...  It can be
concluded that ...  It is apparent that ...
1. “Those who were deemed “superior” This shows how the blue eyed and
became arrogant,4 bossy, and brown eyed children were negatively
otherwise unpleasant to their “inferior”
affected by the acts of prejudice and
classmates… The “inferior” classmates
also transformed — into timid and bias.
subservient children who even during
recess isolated themselves”
2. “At first, there was resistance among This evidence shows how children can
the students in the minority group to the gain information from biased adults
idea that blue-eyed children were better
around them, which can change their
than brown-eyed children. To counter
this, Elliott lied to the children by stating mindset on people different from them.
that the melanin, responsible for making Children learn about the problems of
children blue-eyed, was also linked to society from adults, and they’ll
their higher intelligence and learning completely misunderstand the concept
ability. Shortly thereafter, this initial of prejudice.
resistance fell away”.

3. “The ignorant ignore as best you
can, and
in the end, mask aside, freshen your mouth
with ferocious lines of potent poetry,”
Is Clothed in shades
[1of chocolate skin, our color works to
camouflage our
character and promise at least, in
certain eyes.
3. This evidence suggests that instead
of people affected by prejudice
wearing a mask, they should
vocalize their opinions and feelings
towards the situation.
It is apparent that at times prejudice and
stereotypes hide the character and promise
of an individual, like a mask, just because of
a trait they cannot control,

Counterargument (what might some people on the opposing side might say): Pick one
central idea/claim. Highlight in yellow the sentence starters from the
Counterargument/Rebuttal Handout
Counterargument (1):
Pick one sentence starter from the list
below:
“Some people may argue…but…”
 “A possible concern is…”
 A common counterpoint is…”
 “For example, they [proponents/opponents]
contend that…”
 “Those who believe… claim that …”
 “That is an understandable concern;
however…”
 “This argument is wrong because…”
 “Although some people think/believe… others
understand…”
 “The evidence, however, supports/disproves
the argument that…”
1. a common counterpoint is that instead of
ignoring the negativity that prejudice and
bias about morality cause, they should look
deeper into the problem and find out what
they can really do in order to stop it
altogether.
Rebuttal(1): Include evidence explaining
how it refutes counterargument:
Pick one sentence starter below:
What this argument [overlooks/fails to
consider/does not take into account] is…
 This view [seems/looks/sounds/etc.]
[convincing/plausible/persuasive/etc.] at first,
but…
 While this position is popular, it is [not
supported by the facts/not logical/impractical/etc.]
 Although the core of this claim is valid, it suffers
from a flaw in its [reasoning/application/etc.]
1. this view does seem convincing at first,
but once you look at how long prejudice
has been alive, you’d think about how long
it’ll take for it to disappear altogether. The
blue eyed brown eyed exercise was
invented in 1968. Although there have
been exercises and speeches about
discrimination and prejudice, racism is still
well and alive today. Even though it’s
gotten slightly better. It’s better to find
different ways to slow down the process of
prejudice than to take it on and stop it
altogether.