English VIII, Group _________ Module 2 –argumentative essay pre-writing peer review

Name __________________________________________ Date ______________

 Review your partner’s Argumentative Essay pre-writing

 Critically answer the questions below to help guide will help your partner decide if the topics are appropriate for this
project and which of their ideas is the best one to develop in an argumentative essay.
 Remember the topics that are forbidden. They are forbidden because these are lazy, cliched ideas.

1. Are any of the topics lazy and/or cliché? Why?

No, I think that my mate did a good job because the topics are interesting and are tendencies related with work.

2. Which of the topics are interesting? Why? Are any of the topics particularly interesting?

The topic wage gap is interesting because I am a woman that is coming to be a professional, so, talk about the wage gap in my
country is something that I need to hear.

3. Which of the topics are appropriate for an argumentative essay? Why or why not?
If not, can your partner turn the topic into an argumentative one? How?

4. Are all three topics developed completely? If so, what indicates to you that it/they are complete?
If not, what can be added to make it/them more complete?

5. Are the central questions clear and do they get to the fundamental arguments in the controversies?
If not, how can your partner improve their questions?

6. Are the sides of the controversy clear and well-developed? If not, what can be improved?

7. Are your partner’s positions on the topics clear and presented as full sentences that can be used as the thesis statement for an
argumentative essay? If not, how can your partner improve them?
8. Based on all of the above, which topic do you think will make the best argumentative essay?

Wage gap for me is the best topic of my partner because is a theme that have a lot of information of material to develop and
argumentative essay in a successful way, with complete arguments and position well defined.

Otros dos temas:

Acoso sexual en el trabajo
Castigo fisico