China S Claims & Evidence Pre-Writing

China’s Claims & Evidence Pre-writing Using the information you learned and the documents themselves, you need to create a 3 paragraph essay claiming which leader (Mao or Deng) was better for China. To support your claim you need to use 3 pieces of evidence (quotations from the documents). Text talkers, direct quotations, commentary starters, commentary and transitions are all required to be a part of your paragraph. To help you out we’ve created the prewriting below. Using it will insure you have all of the required pieces of the paragraph. Introduction a. Hook: ______

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b. Background information on the government: ______

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c. Background information on Mao: ______

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d. Background information on the Deng:______

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e. Thesis (Claim): ______(insert leader you think) was a better ruler for China because:

i. Reason #1 :______ii. Reason #2 : ______iii. Reason #3 : ______**Remember a reason in favor of someone could be a reason why the other one was bad **These are the 3 big broad reasons from the TEXT that tell the differences. So…use the chart on the back of this page to get those 3 big broad reasons

DON’T FORGET to think about word choice while you are writing!! Hint: Are there words that you could replace that make the paper more descriptive, more interesting, more engaging? Body Paragraph: Each piece of evidence will be the basis for each body paragraph: Transition Text talker Evidence Commentary Commentary (quotation with Starter (Explain the evidence & how does this prove your claim. This should be MORE than 1 sentence!!) document #)

Conclusion: (AKA Strong Finish) a. Restate thesis & summarize your key points (in new and different words): ______b. How your claim/evidence helps us understand the bigger picture: ______c. Call to action (Why is this important?): ______