What This Document Is
This is an outline worksheet designed for students in Grand Canyon University’s PHI 105: 21st Century Skills Critical Thinking and Problem Solving course. It’s intended to help students plan and structure a persuasive essay, specifically focusing on the topic of marijuana legalization. The worksheet provides a pre-formatted structure for organizing thoughts and research before writing the full essay.
Why This Document Matters
This worksheet is valuable for students who are assigned a persuasive essay and need a framework to organize their arguments. It’s used during the essay planning stage, helping students develop a clear thesis statement, supporting topic sentences, and relevant details. It ensures a logical flow of ideas and proper citation of sources.
Common Limitations or Challenges
This document is a planning tool only. It does *not* contain the completed essay, research materials, or detailed explanations of persuasive writing techniques. Students will still need to conduct independent research and develop their arguments fully. It doesn’t offer feedback on the quality of arguments, only a structure for presenting them.
What This Document Provides
The full worksheet includes:
* A template for a persuasive essay outline, including sections for the introductory paragraph (with a provided hook and background information), three supporting paragraphs, and a conclusion.
* Prompts to revise a thesis statement and create topic sentences.
* Space to detail supporting evidence for each topic sentence, including requirements for in-text citations.
* A concluding sentence prompt.
* Links to resources on organizing brainstorming and citing sources.
This preview only provides a glimpse of the introductory paragraph and the structure of the first supporting paragraph. It does *not* include the complete outline, all supporting details, or the conclusion.
