The KEYS to Finding Evidence for ARGUMENT Essays!
Summary
TLDRThe video script offers valuable advice to AP students on how to effectively generate evidence for their argument prompts. It emphasizes that students, despite being teenagers, possess a wealth of unique experiences that can be applied to various prompts. The presenter introduces a method to help students select the best examples to support their reasoning, known as 'S Cubed'. This involves considering subjects learned in school, societal elements from mass media and other sources, and personal experiences or hypothetical scenarios, with a caution that the latter can weaken an argument if not concrete. The video also provides a shout out to Ms. Helton and her students, encouraging them to share their AP exam results. To further assist students in constructing their essays, the presenter outlines a process for organizing thoughts and planning body paragraphs before diving into writing detailed examples. The video concludes with a teaser for the next video, which will focus on crafting topic sentences.
Takeaways
- 📚 The AP link student often struggles with generating evidence for argument prompts due to a perceived lack of life experience.
- 💡 The prompts are designed to be accessible from diverse angles, and students have more unique experiences than they may realize.
- 🎯 Remember 'S Cubed' for selecting evidence: Subjects, Society, and Self.
- 🏫 Subjects: Draw from knowledge in school subjects like English, History, Math, Science, and Technology.
- 🌐 Society: Consider mass media, news, entertainment, sports, literature, art, or religion for examples.
- 📰 Use recent controversies or common media ratings as examples from society to support your argument.
- 🧐 Be cautious with the 'Self' category, as hypothetical examples can weaken an argument and are vulnerable to fallacies.
- 📝 Organize your thoughts and examples before writing to construct topic sentences and a strong line of reasoning.
- 🔑 The order of importance and validity of evidence is Subjects, Society, then Self.
- 📈 Practice is essential to refine the process of selecting evidence and generating topic sentences.
- 👍 Shout out to Ms. Helton and the Franklin Simpson High Wildcats for their dedication to AP exam preparation.
- 📈 Encourage students to share their AP exam results in the comments section after the exam.
Q & A
What is the main challenge AP students often face when generating evidence for an argument prompt?
-The main challenge is that students, being teenagers, may not believe they have much life experience that can relate to the prompt, making it difficult to find evidence to support their arguments.
What is the purpose of argument prompts in AP exams?
-Argument prompts are designed to be widely accessible from diverse angles, allowing students to draw from various sources of knowledge to construct their arguments.
What does the acronym 'S' in 'S cubed' stand for and how is it used in the context of selecting evidence for an essay?
-The 'S' in 'S cubed' stands for 'Subjects', 'Society', and 'Self'. It is a method to help students mine their background knowledge to select the best proof to support their reasoning for an essay by considering experiences from school subjects, societal elements, and personal experiences.
What is the first step in picking an example to support an argument according to the script?
-The first step is to figure out what personal experience will fit with what you're trying to prove by considering subjects studied in school.
How can students use societal elements to find examples for their argument?
-Students can consider elements from mass media, news sources, entertainment, sports, literature, art, or religion to draw examples that can support their argument.
What is the importance of following the direction of the thesis when picking examples for an argument?
-Following the direction of the thesis ensures that the examples selected align with the overall argument and help to construct a coherent and persuasive essay.
What is a potential issue with using hypothetical examples to support an argument?
-Hypothetical examples can weaken an argument because they are not concrete and can be easily challenged by questioning their validity or possibility.
Why is it advised to use caution when relying on personal or hypothetical examples in an argument?
-Relying heavily on personal or hypothetical examples can make an argument vulnerable to fallacies and weaken its overall strength, as these examples may not be as universally accepted or convincing as those drawn from established subjects or societal共识 (consensus).
What is the significance of generating topic sentences before writing the body paragraphs of an essay?
-Generating topic sentences helps to organize thoughts, provides a clear direction for each paragraph, and ensures that the essay's arguments are structured logically and coherently.
What is the order of importance and validity of evidence suggested by the script when selecting examples for an argument?
-The order of importance and validity of evidence suggested by the script is Subjects, Society, and then Self, with the strongest examples often coming from what is known in school subjects.
How can students practice using the 'S cubed' method and organizing their thoughts before an exam?
-Students can practice by using blank organizers, which can be found in the description of the video, to plan out their essays, noting general examples and how they relate to their thesis.
What does the script suggest for students who feel they lack life experience relevant to the AP exam prompts?
-The script suggests that all students have plenty of unique experiences that can fit into any prompt given, and it encourages them to draw from their knowledge in school subjects, societal elements, and personal experiences to find relevant evidence.
Outlines
🤔 Overcoming Challenges in AP Argumentative Writing
The first paragraph addresses the common struggle of AP students with generating evidence for argument prompts. The speaker reassures students that despite their youth, they possess a wealth of experiences that can be applied to various prompts. The paragraph introduces the idea that prompts are designed to be accessible from diverse perspectives. It also outlines a strategy for selecting evidence by remembering the letter 'S' and considering subjects, society, and self when looking for examples to support an argument. The speaker uses a specific thesis related to the application of warning labels to content as an example to demonstrate how to apply this strategy.
📚 Structuring an Argument with S-Cubed Strategy
The second paragraph delves into the specifics of the S-Cubed strategy for selecting evidence to support an argument. It explains that the first 'S' stands for subjects, where students should draw from their knowledge in school subjects. The second 'S' stands for society, where examples can be taken from mass media, news, entertainment, sports, literature, art, or religion. The speaker provides a practical example of how to use recent controversies and media ratings as evidence. The third 'S' represents self, which includes personal experiences, family, friends, or hypothetical examples. However, a caution is given that hypothetical examples can weaken an argument if not concrete. The paragraph concludes with advice on the importance of practice and the next steps in constructing topic sentences.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Argument Prompt
💡Evidence
💡AP Exam
💡Thesis
💡S-Cubed
💡Subjects
💡Society
💡Self
💡Topic Sentence
💡Mass Media
💡Media Ratings
Highlights
Struggles with generating evidence in response to the argument prompt are common among AP students.
Teenagers often feel they lack life experience to relate to prompts.
The speaker provides quick and easy tips for selecting evidence to support reasoning.
The AP prompts are designed to be widely accessible from diverse angles.
The importance of ordering thoughts to pick evidence and construct topic sentences.
Acknowledges the students of Ms. Helton and Franklin Simpson High School.
Thesis direction should guide the selection of examples for body paragraphs.
The speaker introduces the concept of 'S Cubed' for selecting examples.
Subjects (S) refers to school subjects as a source for strong examples.
Society (S) involves drawing examples from mass media, news, entertainment, etc.
The speaker uses recent controversies and media ratings as examples to support the argument.
An organizer is used to plan out the essay and identify categories of examples.
Self (S) is the third category, involving personal experiences or hypothetical examples.
A warning about the potential weakness of arguments based on hypothetical examples.
The importance of practicing with organizers before the exam.
Link to blank organizers provided in the video description for practice.
The video concludes with a teaser for the next video on generating topic sentences.
Transcripts
the typical AP link student often
struggles with generating evidence in
response to the argument prompt but why
is this well for the most part it's
because you're all teenagers and you may
not think you have much life experience
that can relate to any prompt that
you're given so what are you going to do
when you're taking your exam and you run
into some trouble because you need to
find evidence for the prop that's given
to you just give up no way you're going
to let me show you some quick and easy
tips right now that will help you pick
the perfect evidence to support your
reasoning when it comes to answering
your argument prompt on test day look
though some of you may not believe it
you yes you all have plenty of unique
experiences that will fit into whatever
prompt is given to you the prompts are
purposely built to be widely accessible
from diverse angles now you may be
thinking that I should hold the phone
because this isn't a topic sentence
video it's an Evidence video and I
haven't even given you topic sentence
tips yet but fear not because today I'm
going to quickly show you how you want
to order your thoughts so that you can
pick your evidence and begin to
generally construct your topic sentence
and then we'll cover topic sentences in
our next video as we get into this video
I do want to give a quick shout out to
Ms Helton and the Franklin Simpson High
Wildcats to Ms Helton students please
consider yourself blessed to have
someone as awesome at the helm of your
class and when you own your AP exams
this spring make sure you tell me how
you did in the comments below this video
now back to the show so when you're
writing an argument and You Begin
picking your examples for your body
paragraphs you want to make sure that
you follow the direction of your thesis
before I show you the thesis we're going
to be working with I want to remind you
of the prompt that we're responding to
it comes from the Amsco Lang and comp
textbook and it can be seen right here
on your screen
[Applause]
[Music]
thank you
and the thesis we're going to rely on to
provide us with the direction that we
need is actually going to show up right
here although many individuals can find
just about any situation offensive and
it's incredibly unrealistic to apply
warning labels to everything placing
cautionary labels and ratings on
commonly agreed upon troubling content
is appropriate based on the thesis I
just showed I have to make a few moves
in my argument the first move I have to
make is to concede that anyone can find
just about anything offensive and I have
to concede that it's incredibly
unrealistic to apply warning labels to
everything I actually think that I can
prove both of those things in one
paragraph As Long As I use the right
examples then I need to produce another
part of my essay that argues that there
is content out there that people can
commonly agree upon as being troubling
and I need to then explain how labeling
such things is appropriate and I
actually think I can prove both of these
elements in one to two paragraphs of
course that is if I pick the right
examples so let me show you how to do
that the first thing you want to do when
picking an example is to figure out what
experience that you have that will fit
with what you're trying to prove the
easiest way to do this is by remembering
one letter and that's the letter s yes
rather than remembering a bunch of other
acronyms if you just remember the letter
S and you Cube it then you'll be able to
start your thought processes that will
help you mine your background knowledge
so you can select the best proof that
will support your line of reasoning for
your essay so what does s cubed actually
mean well the first s stands for
subjects yes think about all the
subjects that you take in school English
History math science technology most of
the time your strongest examples will
come from what you know in these subject
areas so take a few moments and mull
over if anything comes to mind that can
help prove your case based on your
thesis for whatever prompt you're
responding to let me do that right now
foreign
can I think of an example that I learned
from any of my school subjects that
prove that anyone can find just about
anything offensive not off the top of my
head so I'm going to actually jump to
the next s which stands for society when
you consider elements of society to draw
examples from you want to consider
things that you've learned from mass
media news sources Entertainment Sports
literature art or religion now can I
think of examples from the news that
could help me prove that anyone can find
just about anything offensive heck yes I
can and I'm going to reveal what that
will be in just a minute but can I also
think of examples from the society
category that can help me prove that
people can commonly agree upon
Troublesome content and when to label it
yes again so what I'm going to do is
this I'm going to fill in a quick
organizer like the one that you're about
to see when I do I'm going to just check
the boxes about what categories I'm
going to pull from then I'm going to in
a general sense label what my examples
actually are I don't want to get to
specifics right now because that would
take way too much time I'm just trying
to plan out my essay right here so this
needs to be quick and if I keep things
General it will help me when I generate
delicious topic sentences for each of my
body paragraphs so check out what I'm
going to do I'm going to check the
society box check the mass media box and
then I'm going to generally label my
first example as recent controversies
surrounding the changing of the year and
holiday titles and materials what you
can know is that when I put an example
in my body paragraph I'll be
specifically describing some recent
changes that have been made to year-end
holiday titles and materials but I'll
get specific when I start actually
writing the paragraphs right now once
again we're just planning since I'm
going to be pulling my example to prove
that people can commonly agree upon some
troubling content from the society
section as well I'd check the society
box again click mass media again and
then I label my example somewhat
specifically as common media ratings and
there you have it I'm going to use media
ratings to prove the second leg of my
argument as to how warning labels can be
appropriate especially because there are
things that people agree upon when it
comes to well the media ratings if you
want to practice with organizers like
this you can find blank ones linked
right in the description below this
video right by where you can find things
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month now you may have noticed that I
haven't got to the third s yet and
that's okay because I'm going to right
now as you search for examples you may
also feel free to pull from the self
that's what this third s stands for yes
you can readily use examples from your
own personal experience you can also
readily use examples from the lives of
your family friends or acquaintances or
you can even generate hypothetical
examples to support your argument but I
do want to give you a warning about this
last category the weakest examples for
arguments often come from this one
especially if you're constructing
hypothetical examples which are just
examples that aren't actually real but
could possibly be real if you're
argument relies on hypotheticals it can
become quickly full of fallacies which
are areas where your reasoning is
exceptionally vulnerable and weak the
easiest way to challenge an argument
that's built on hypothetical examples is
merely to ask this question what if that
example or those examples didn't happen
because they're not concrete enough to
say that they did we could just ask if
they didn't Boom the argument's dead
crumbles like a stack of cards so when
you're selecting evidence to support
your thesis just remember s cubed also
remember the order of importance and
validity of evidence subjects Society
self once you consider some examples
make sure that you generally note those
examples that you're going to choose
because it's going to help you generate
your topic sentences like I mentioned
earlier remembering one letter three
times is pretty easy and so is generally
noting your evidence but you still need
to practice before your exam and you
need to learn how to generate topic
sentences that will help you create a
strong line of reasoning for your
argument and it just so happens that if
you want to learn how to do that all you
need to do is click on the video that's
about to show up right here
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[Music]
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