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Module 7 - Possible Essay Prompts - Prompt 4

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Prompt 4: The school board is considering a proposal to add a community service requirement to existing high school graduation requirements.  If passed, students would have to complete fifty hours of community service between the start of ninth grade and the end of twelfth grade.  The community service could include such things as volunteering at a hospital, day-care center, or senior citizens’ center; working on environmental projects; or working with the homeless.

Assume that some community service requirement will be adopted.  Prepare a presentation to the school board, the parent-teacher organization, or the student council arguing in favor of the proposal as it stands or specifying an alternative.

What is this prompt asking you to do?

  • Prepare a presentation for a particular audience
  • Argue in favor of the proposal or give an alternative

 

CourseCompass Learning Resource
eText Reading
Writing: A Guide for College and Beyond, Chapter 13 (Arguing for a Position)
MyCompLab
·         Writing Activities—Writing to Argue
Copyright 2008, by the Contributing Authors. Cite/attribute Resource. sguy. (2007, February 17). Module 7 - Possible Essay Prompts - Prompt 4. Retrieved March 21, 2010, from Western Governors University Web site: http://ocw.wgu.edu/liberal-arts/rhetorical-and-critical-writing-after-11-1-2007/p74.html. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. Creative Commons License