9A – Rough Draft Body 2 Argument/Counter-argument/rebuttal

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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 Gottman makes, a counter argument [why people might disagree], and a rebuttal [how would Gottman respond to what others say]

Part 1B: The argument

Transition + Main Point 1 Gottman argues that …

Context + Quote from text illustrating argument.

Explanation of how the quote supports the argument.

Part 1C: Counterargument

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

Context + Quote from text illustrating counterargument

Explanation of how the quote supports the counterargument

Part 1D: Rebuttal

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

Context + Quote from text illustrating rebuttal

Explanation of how the quote supports rebuttal

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

B-Rough Draft Body 3 Three Big Ideas

Part 1: Answer the questions below to create body paragraph #3

Part 2: Once you have posted your answer, respond to a group mate with a minimum of 5 sentences to help them improve their paragraph.

Part 1: Use Discussion 9B and choose one big idea from chapter 4, 5, 6 to create your paragraph following the below outline. You will notice we are using perfect paragraph structure like we did for Essay 1 🙂

1. Use a transition and create a topic sentence to include the idea that 3 important concepts that help relationships found in Gottman’s text from chapters 4,5,6 are __________, ____________, _____________.

2. Transition + main point 1 sentence that explains an important concept in chapter 4
Context + quote that illustrates the concept.
Explanation of why this concept could help someone’s relationship.

3. Transition + main point 2 sentence that explains an important concept in chapter 5
Context + quote that illustrates the concept.
Explanation of why this concept could help someone’s relationship.

4. Transition + main point 3 sentence that explains tan important concept in chapter 6
Context + quote that illustrates the concept
Explanation of why this concept could help someone’s relationship.