BRAINLIEST TO THE CORRECT ANSWER!! Read the prompt and claim below. Then write a body paragraph in response to the prompt and claim that contains a topic sentence, offers at least one piece of supporting evidence from the list provided, introduces and addresses the counterclaim provided, and ends with a concluding sentence.

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Prompt:

Your school district is considering removing handwriting and cursive classes from its school curriculum. Would you be in favor of such a policy?

Claim:

Our district should not eliminate cursive classes from its curriculum.

Paragraph topic:

Cursive can connect students to the past.

Evidence:

According to Johnson Kipling, professor of linguistics at Upton State University, "writing in cursive teaches reading cursive, and many of the foundational documents of our country are written in cursive, as are other historical documents. Looking at a typed transcript of these documents disconnects students from truly understanding them as part of history. One of history's central lessons is that times change and things evolve."

A poll of our state's high school history and government teachers revealed that almost 90 percent of them use primary-source historical documents written in cursive on a regular basis.

Counterclaim:

Students can just look at typed versions of historical documents to get the same information.

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main idea: it is important to prepare today for the needs of tomorrow.

the grasshopper was dying due to hunger, and this was because he didn't prepare for the winter.

the ants told the grasshopper, "if you were foolish enough to sing all the summer, you must dance supperless to bed in the winter."

the ants were spending a fine winter's day drying grain collected in the summertime.

in his speech "i have a dream," king states the plight of african americans, as he argues that after the civil war, slaves were promised equal rights and freedoms, but that these promises have not materialized.

he goes on to say that there are those who ask "when will you be satisfied? " implying that african americans alread enjoy a lot. in order to attack this argument, king lists examples of civil rights struggles that african americans still face, such as police brutality, segregation and racial prejudice.

answer: narrator   ·   the narrator relates the events of the novel in the third person and has access to every character’s thoughts and emotions. biased and partial, the narrator often mocks, condemns, or shows affection for the characters.

mocks, condemns, or shows affection for the characters.

point of view   ·   the novel is written mainly from anne’s point of view, but it frequently switches to marilla’s and sometimes to matthew’s points of view.mocks, condemns, or shows affection for the characters.

point of view   ·   the novel is written mainly from anne’s point of view, but it frequently switches to marilla’s and sometimes to matthew’s points of view.

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