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Eapp Lesson Building A Position - 2nd Quarter

The document provides steps to build a strong position on a topic in 3 sentences or less: It outlines exploring the topic widely, brainstorming with others, creating assertions and gathering evidence to support each point from credible sources. It then discusses refining the argument, preparing for opposing views by anticipating their strongest counterpoints, and writing the position paper synthesizing the researched and supported stance.

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Eapp Lesson Building A Position - 2nd Quarter

The document provides steps to build a strong position on a topic in 3 sentences or less: It outlines exploring the topic widely, brainstorming with others, creating assertions and gathering evidence to support each point from credible sources. It then discusses refining the argument, preparing for opposing views by anticipating their strongest counterpoints, and writing the position paper synthesizing the researched and supported stance.

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HOW TO BUILD A

POSITION
By Marikit Tara Alto Uychoco
9/3/20XX 2

PRESENTATION TITLE

AGENDA
EXPLORE
BRAINSTORM
CREATE ASSERTIONS
GATHER THE EVIDENCE
HAVE CREDIBLE RESOURCES
REFINE THE ARGUMENT
PREPARE FOR THE OPPOSITION
WRITE THE POSITION PAPER
PRESENTATION TITLE
EXPLORE
• Read widely about the topic.

• Not enough to rely on your


common sense or personal
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• For the educated, an open mind


is imperative in order to give
“Minds are like way to critical thinking.
parachutes, they only
function when open.”
- Thomas Dewar
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BRAINSTORM
• You can brainstorm with a
friend about the ideas you
have found.

“Two heads are better


than
Click one”
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CREATE ASSERTIONS
• Assertions are opinions that people may
or may not agree with.

• Upon building arguments, one should


write down several assertions. After
reading one’s assertions, one should
evaluate whether all of these assertions
fit a particular theme or main idea.

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GATHER THE

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EVIDENCE
• After writing one’s assertions, one must
gather the evidence to prove each point.

• Evidence can be any of the following:


 Facts
 Statistics
 Interviews with experts
 Perceived philosophical, socio-political,
or psychological truths.

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HAVE A CREDIBLE
RESOURCES

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• The best source are bills, laws, and
declarations from gov’t and int’l non-gov’t
org, such as United Nations.
 Scholarly articles from academic journals
 Books
 Articles from reputable newspapers,
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media sources
 And entries from encyclopedias or
dictionaries.
 Articles from the internet must double-check
its credibility.

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REFINE THE

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ARGUMENT
• An argument is made of
three elements:
Assertion
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Explanation

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PREPARE FOR THE

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OPPOSITION
• Negation of a position
• List down some of their
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• Refute each points

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WRITE THE
POSITION PAPER

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9/3/20XX 14

PRESENTATION TITLE

THANK YOU

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