Agenda for 3/31

1. Drone Pilots. Whose behind the joystick? What are your thoughts about drone pilots?

• How are drone pilots trained? 
• Who does the military recruit and how do some feel about their work?
• Former members of military urging drone pilots to quit, and many are.

2. Drones Persuasive Paragraph (test grade)

Your paragraph must answer one of these questions:

• Should the US Gov. be able to kill an American citizen by drone strike without a trial?

• Should the United States continue it's drone campaign against suspected terrorists?

3. Required Elements

A. Topic sentence (paragraph thesis)

• Clearly states your answer to the question and provides your overall reason for why you feel that way (answer + reason). 

B. Evidence/Analysis

• Specific Facts
• Meets the standard - 6-8 specific facts from the History of Drones article to support your discussion of drone use by The United States.
• Exceeds the standard 10 specific facts from the History of Drones article to support your discussion of drone use by The United States. 

• Document Evidence
• Meets the standard - 3 pieces of specific evidence from 3 different documents in the Drone document packet.
• Exceeds the standard - 5 pieces of evidence in 5 different documents.

• Analysis
• For each piece of evidence from a document you must clearly ANALYZE (describe how/why) that document supports your answer to the question (which you stated in your topic sentence). Feel free to also include a SHORT quote directly from the document to back up your point. But keep quotes short. But be sure to clearly explain what the quote means in your own words, after the quote. And name the person or organization that you are quoting.
• Meets the Standard - Provides analysis for each piece of document evidence.  

• Transitions
• There should be a clear transition that tells the reader you are moving on from one piece of the evidence to the next. Words and phrases like: additionally, furthermore, firstly, secondly, thirdly, in addition to, finally, another reason to support...etc. 

C. Summation 

• conclude your paragraph by restating (in different words) the claim made in your topic sentence (answer + reason)

Persuasive Paragraph = Topic Sentence + Evidence/Analysis + Summation
  
Sample:

Persuasive Paragraph Check List 

*Your paragraph also must be typed and proof read to fix errors in spelling, punctuation or grammar.