Warm Up Objective: Scientists will demonstrate their writing by applying ELA conventions to the Research Simulation Task. What is the topic? What will you be doing? Why is this important? How will you know if you have done well?

Warm Up Objective: Scientists will demonstrate their writing by applying ELA conventions to the Research Simulation Task. What is the topic? writing What will you be doing? Research task simulation Why is this important? Life skill How will you know if you have done well? Demonstrated writing; completed work

Research Simulation Task Prompt Articles: The Importance of Dissection in Biology by Edulab Dissections: Lessons in Cruelty by PETA To Dissect or Not to Dissect? by N. Anthony Moore Dissections in the classroom is a controversial issue, based in funding, religion, and ethical concerns. Write an essay detailing the benefits and disadvantages of dissections in the classroom using textual evidence from all three texts. In your essay, identify the claims from both sides of this issue identify the reasons that support each claim and their evidence explain the strengths and limitations of each claim state your own claim and justify your position

Paragraph Contents Sentence Frames/Questions to Answer 1st “Hook” Articles: names Thesis statement “Article 1,” “Article 2,” and “Article 3” are about ____. The purpose of these texts is to ____ and provide evidence that _____. (Be sure to NAME the articles in this paragraph) 2nd Article claim Evidence that supports claim Strengths of claim Limitations of claim One paragraph per article: What is the author’s claim? What evidence do they use to support their claim? What are the strengths and limitations of the author’s claim and evidence? The author claims that ___ because ____. In paragraph __, the author argues “___.” From the reading, it is evident that ___. According to the text, _____ The evidence that best supports the author’s claim is “___” because ___. 3rd 4th 5th Conclusion Based on the articles, a logical conclusion would be ___ because ____. In conclusion, ____.