Exercises — Week 33: Week 33 — Argumentation Capstone
2 hands-on tasks. Do them in order; each one feeds the Canvas item it names.
35 min · timed
1. Capstone Timed Write
- Read an argument prompt provided by Mr. Gray.
- Write for exactly 25 minutes: thesis, body paragraphs, conclusion. Apply the full year's toolkit: specific thesis, developed evidence with explanation, at least one concession-rebuttal arc, precise diction, controlled tone.
- Stop at exactly 25 minutes. Apply the four-band self-assessment: Thesis, Evidence, Reasoning, Style.
- Write one sentence naming your consistent strength and one sentence naming your developmental gap.
- This companion enhances — it does not replace — Mr. Gray's instruction.
Turn in / bring: Capstone essay with four-band self-assessment, consistent-strength sentence, and developmental-gap sentence.
20 min · written
2. Argumentation Inventory
- Review arguments you have written from Week 11 through Week 32.
- List three argumentation techniques you now use reliably and one that still requires deliberate attention.
- For the one that requires attention: write a specific plan for practicing it before the AP exam — what you will do, when, and how you will know whether it has improved.
Turn in / bring: Three-plus-one skill inventory with a specific practice plan for the developmental gap.