3D Printers Argumentative Performance Task (Part 2)

BEFORE YOU ATTEMPT THIS ASSIGNMENT...

Please review and answer the questions in the PDF titled: 3D Printers Argumentative Performance Task (Part 1). It is in the Week 8 folder. You will need to use these answers to complete this task. GOOD LUCK!

Student Directions for Part 2

You will now review your sources, take notes, and plan, draft, revise, and edit your letter. You may use your notes and refer to the sources. Now read your assignment and the information about how your argumentative letter will be scored; then begin your work.

Your assignment:

The head librarian at the public library where you are an intern has asked you for a recommendation about whether or not the library should purchase a 3D printer for use by the general public. She wants your recommendation in a letter addressed to the library’s board of directors.

Your assignment is to use the research sources to write a multi- paragraph argumentative letter supporting or opposing the acquisition of a 3D printer. Make sure you establish an argumentative claim, address potential counterarguments, and support your claim from the sources you have read. Develop your ideas clearly and use your own words, except when quoting directly from the sources. Be sure to reference the sources by title or number when using details or facts directly from the sources.

Argumentative Scoring

Your argumentative letter will be scored using the following:

1. Organization/purpose: How well did you state your claim, address opposing claims, and maintain your claim with a logical progression of ideas from beginning to end? How well did your ideas thoughtfully flow from beginning to end using effective transitions? How effective were your introduction and your conclusion?

2. Elaboration/evidence: How well did you integrate relevant and specific information from the sources? How well did you elaborate your ideas? How well did you clearly state ideas in your own words using precise language that is appropriate for your audience and purpose? How well did you reference the sources you used by title or number?

3. Convention: How well did you follow the rules of grammar usage, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling?

Now begin work on your argumentative letter. Manage your time carefully so that you can:

• plan your multi-paragraph letter
• write your multi-paragraph letter
• revise and edit the final draft of your multi-paragraph letter

Word-processing tools and spell check are available to you.

For Part 2, you are being asked to write a multi-paragraph letter, so please be as thorough as possible. Type your response in the space provided. The box will expand as you type.

Remember to check your notes and your prewriting/planning as you write and then revise and edit your letter.