Student Guide XEdgenuity
Assignment Summary
For this assignment, you will read an op-ed piece and write a response using original research to either
defend or challenge the author's claims.
You will be documenting your sources in a graphic organizer and keeping track of how you applied the
reading strategies when conducting your research. You will also be documenting and describing the ways
the sources may have caused you to reflect on and adjust your choice to defend or challenge the author's
claim.
You will write your own opinion piece that either defends or challenges the author's claim, using your
outside sources as evidence. Then, you will provide your own original commentary to tie your evidence to
your claims