ARGUMENT WRITING: INFORMATION COLLECTION

INFORMATION COLLECTION: HOMEWORK

Before you can generate a claim about an issue, you must collect evidence and information.

Sure, you may have some insight as to what you believe, you may use logic to generate your claim.

However, without proper evidence for BOTH sides of the issue, you weaken your claim.

The purpose of researching, or engaging in 'Information Collection', is to

get an idea of how others see the issue
build background knowledge on the subject
find evidence for both sides of the issue
discover what people are believe and say in favor or against the issue

and the most important...

GATHER MORE INFORMATION THAN YOU'LL NEED

Below are resources to gather information on issues surrounding homework. Right now, you are NOT writing a claim.

You are gathering information and building background knowledge to strengthen your understanding on the issue BEFORE you have to commit to a position on the issue of homework.

Click through the resources. Read, listen, and take notes.

Save any resources to your flash drive if you believe you might use information in it as a citation.

NOTE:
(Even if you don't site a source, but you take the time read it to build background knowledge, you should include it in your reference page.)