Directions:
Complete the writing activity below. Read the prompt
carefully. You may refer to all your previous work in this unit.
Prompt:
As a member of the firm Port Consultants, Inc., you have made your final
decision on the selection of a site for an oil terminal. Make sure that
your recommendation involves choosing between a pair of sites on a coast
of the United States that your team did not investigate. Now you must write
a persuasive report for Mr. Gonzalez, president of the firm, in which you:
...identify your choice
...explain your reasons for making that choice
...persuade him to accept your decision.
Before you write
1.review the notes you took during team presentations
2. Čreview the standards to be used for evaluating a site selection
Contents of your report
1. the reasons for your opinions
2.facts that support your reasons
3.evidence on harbor characteristics, tides, currents, wave action,
marine life, economics and emergency preparedness.
Format of your report
1. Organize your information so that it will be logical
and persuasive.
2. Your report should show your clear understanding of the issues,
sufficienct supporting details, and the use of clear, correct, persuasive
language.
Writing mechanics As you write, you should also do the following:
1. Refer to your notes on the evidence presented by the four
groups on coasts other than yours. Use this information to select one site
as the location for your recommendation.
2. Use a pre-writing strategy, such as listing,webbing,
or concept mapping, to organize supporting data, evidence, and logical
arguments.
3. Use these ideas to write a rough draft
4. Self evaluate, using the rubric provided by your teacher, keeping
in mind that you are writing an important business report.
5. Have your peers to evaluate and react, using the same rubric
and also the peer response form.
6. Revise your work, taking into consideration the responses given
during the evaluation of your writing.
7. Check over your work. Proofread, using the proofreading
guidesheet
8. Prepare a final copy of your work.
| Student Pages |
Authors: Jill Mueller (miata@www.com) and Pat Pentek (ppentek@inil.com)
West Chicago Middle School, West Chicago, Illinois with permission granted
from Russell G. Wright, Ed.D., Director of Event-Based
Science Project, Rockville, Maryland, 20850.Created: Fall 1996 Updated
December 14, 1996.Created for The
Fermilab LInC sponsored by Fermi National
Accelerator Laboratory Education Office
, and Friends of Fermilab
and the Illinois State Board of Education.
URL: http://www-ed.fnal.gov/linc/fall96/projects/jmueller/la3persua.htm