Persuasive/Argument Writing

Should plastic water bottles be banned?  Text Set Articles:

• “Is Bottled Water Really Better?” (Article from Scope Magazine, April 2013)

• “Is Bottled Water Really Better?” by Lauren Tarshis (Scholastic online)

http://www.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3756291

• “The Battle Over Bottled Water” (Article by Sindya N. Bhanoo, March 24, 2010, New York Times’ Green Blog).

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/24/the-battle-over-bottled-water/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0:

• “Bottle Ban”—(By Hailee Romain, Scholastic News, March 12, 2014)

http://portlandebbl.weebly.com/uploads/8/3/1/2/83128944/bottle_ban.pdf

• “Drinking Water: Bottled or From the Tap?” (Article by Catherine Clarke Fox from National Geographic Kids).

https://www.coolaustralia.org/drinking-water-bottled-or-from-the-tap/

• “Should Sales of Bottled Water Be Banned from Schools?”(Time for Kids)

http://portlandebbl.weebly.com/uploads/8/3/1/2/83128944/

should_bottled_water_sales_be_banned_from_schools.pdf

• “Bottled Water: Better Than the Tap?” (By Anne Christiansen Bullers, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, FDA Consumer Magazine, July–August 2002)

http://www.ncsu.edu/project/bio183de/Black/chemreview/chemreview_news/402_h2o.html

• “Don’t Touch the Water” (Article from Scholastic Scope, The Language Arts Magazine, March 2014).

• “What Are Some Advantages of Bottled Water?”   http://healthyeating.sfgate.com/advantages-bottled-water-10179.html

• “Bottled Water Matters”  http://www.bottledwater.org/economics/bottled-water-matters

• “Opinion: Bottled risk” by Brahma Chellaney, Project Syndicate. [Available at different reading levels.]

https://newsela.com/articles/projectsyndicate-bottledwater/id/12567/

Should people support or boycott zoos?   (Lower Level) Text Set Articles:

• “Zoos”   

http://www.ducksters.com/animals/zoos.php

• “Zoos” from allaboutanimals.org.uk   

https://www.peta.org.uk/misc/all-about-animals-zoos/

• Are Zoos a Good Thing?

http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/reading-skills-practice/are-zoos-good-thing

• “Tigers Cuddle With Apes” (National Geographic Kids)

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/stories/animalsnature/tigers-cuddle-with-orangutans/

• “Giant Panda Cubs Give Hope to an Endangered Species” by David George Gordon

https://crchouse.wordpress.com/2014/04/15/giant-panda-cubs-give-hope-to-an-endangered-species/

• “Tigers At Home In the Bronx Zoo” by Quinn Jacobson, Scholastic Kids Press Corps

http://www.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=10704

• “A Day at the National Zoo”

http://www.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=10702

• “Some clever chimps stage escape at Kansas City Zoo” (By Kansas City Star, adapted by Newsela staff, April 15, 2014) Describes how some chimps caused a “Code Red” by escaping from their enclosure at the zoo. Available at multiple levels:

https://newsela.com/articles/chimp-escape/id/3419/

• “Dogs work with elephants at Pittsburgh Zoo” (By Pittsburg Post-Gazette, adapted by Newsela staff). Animals rights group complains it isn’t safe. Available at multiple levels.

https://newsela.com/articles/dogs-elephantherding/id/6025/

• Public benefits of AZA—Accredited Zoos and Aquariums

https://www.aza.org/public_benefits_of_zoos_and_aquariums

• Animal Enrichment

https://www.stlzoo.org/animals/enrichmenttraining/animalenrichment

• “Fall is pumpkin time—even for zoo animals!” by Ellen Brait, The Guardian, adapted by Newsela staff. 

https://newsela.com/articles/pumpkin-zoo-animals/id/23161/

• “Zoos step in to help save wild animals around the world” by McClatchy Foreign Staff, adapted by Newsela staff. 

https://newsela.com/articles/zoo-conservation/id/5616/

• “Zoo orders huge shoes for one of its elephants” by Washington Post, adapted by Newsela staff. 

https://newsela.com/articles/teva-elephant-national-zoo/id/21450/

Books:

• Saving Animal Babies by Amy Shields

• Let’s Go To the Zoo by Cate Foley

• Zoo by Gail Gibbons

• A Trip to the Zoo by Karen Wallace

• Elephants by Kate Riggs

• I Want to Be a Zookeeper by Dan Liebman

• Animals in the Zoo by Allan Fowler

• National Geographic Readers: Dolphins by Melissa Stewart

• Other National Geographic Readers series such as Tigers by Laura Marsh, Pandas by Anne

Schreiber, and Penguins by Anne Schreiber

• National Geographic Little Kids First Big Book of Animals (National Geographic Little Kids First

Big Books) by Catherine D. Hughes

• Any animal books from A True book series

• Should There Be Zoos?: A Persuasive Text by Tony Stead

Multimedia:

• Zoo Tube: Home Sweet Habitat—Director of Education and Conversation is interviewed by a teen—talks about how they design a orangutan’s habitat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuSrhtcjqMQ

• Kids Stand Up for Animals in Captivity from PETAKids

http://www.petakids.com/videos/kids-stand-animals-captivity/

• “NC Zoo’s ‘adoption’ program benefits animals, zookeeper training (By Ryan Sullivan, Fox News, September 6, 2013) (0–1:19)

http://myfox8.com/2013/09/06/nc-zoos-adoption-program-benefits-animals-zookeeper-training/

• “Smithsonian’s National Zoo: We Save Species”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYdbzA7yvic

Zoos Additional Text Set

Should animals have the same rights as humans?

Should zoos spend money on saving animals’ natural habitats or updating zoo exhibits

for animals in captivity?

Should zoos try to release animals back into the wild?

What’s the best way to design a new zoo exhibit?

• Apes get people’s rights from court (By Scientific American, adapted by Newsela staff)

https://newsela.com/articles/orangutan-rights/id/6907/

• “Saving Sloths” (By Judith Jango-Cohen, for SuperScience)

https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Saving+sloths%3A+a+sanctuary+in+Costa+Rica+rescues+injured+and+orphaned...-a0353994780

(can discuss differences between zoos and sanctuaries)

• “African Elephant”

(short article about how the San Diego Zoo is working to conserve and protect elephants in Africa)

https://institute.sandiegozoo.org/species/african-elephant

• “Helping Island Iguanas”

(article about how the San Diego Zoo is working to help give iguanas a “headstart” in surviving against predators)

https://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/iguana

• “Debate: Should zoos and aquariums exhibit beluga whales?” by Elizabeth Winchester

http://www.mpsaz.org/sirrine/staff/sldanley/science/oceanography/files/aow-beluga-whales.pdf

• “Giant Panda Cubs Give Hope to an Endangered Species” by David George Gordon

https://crchouse.wordpress.com/2014/04/15/giant-panda-cubs-give-hope-to-an-endangered-species/

• “Is Florida’s panther release program working?” (By The Sun Sentinel, adapted by Newsela staff)

https://newsela.com/articles/panther-releases/id/3264/

• “Costa Rica to Close its Zoos and Release Animals into the Wild” by Dan Nosowitz

http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-08/costa-rica-close-its-zoos-and-release-animals-wild

• “Why Zoos Matter”

http://www.stlzoo.org/about/whyzoosmatter/

• “Animal News: Animals rescued from overcrowded zoo in Mexico” (discusses how animals were rescued from a private zoo) http://kidsnewspot.weebly.com/animal-news.html

Higher level

• “Apes have Rights Too, Court Rules” (By Scientific American, adapted by Newsela staff)

https://newsela.com/articles/orangutan-rights/id/6905/

• Designing zoo habitats that promote animals’ well-being by R. Scott Nolen

https://www.avma.org/News/JAVMANews/Pages/021201k.aspx

• “Costa Rica Closes Zoos—Where Will the Animals Go?” (National Geographic Daily News) by Kip Patrick in Tamarindo, Costa Rica, for National Geographic

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/08/130805-costa-rica-animals-zoos-environment-world/

• “Small change adds up for wildlife around the world” (By McClatchy Foreign Staff, adapted by Newsela Staff)

https://newsela.com/articles/zoo-conservation/id/5616/

• “Zoos: An Idea Whose Time Has Come and Gone”

http://www.peta.org/issues/animals-in-entertainment/zoos/

• “Reintroduction programs”

https://www.aza.org/reintroduction-programs/

• “Williamson high school students pitch exhibit to zoo”

http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/williamson/2015/04/30/williamson-high-school-students-pitch-exhibit-zoo/26637989/

• “Tulsa Zoo Opens $3.5 Million Rhino Exhibit” by Jarrell Wade, World Staff Writer

http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/local/tulsa-zoo-opens-million-rhino-exhibit/article_fcb2d1ff-1594-5edb-b0d9-8ce1b2d7199d.html

• “Fenced In” (article from Super Science magazine, April 2014)

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53b76237e4b09a1fb52a2253/t/53e172dae4b0f128533cb7e5/1407283930986/SS-Apr14-FencedIn.pdf

• “Should Chimps Have Rights?”(Article from Upfront Magazine, April 2014)—Describes how an animal rights group seeks to give chimps ‘legal persons’ status.

Should killer whale shows be banned? Text Set Articles:

• “Should Orca Shows Be Banned?” (article from Junior Scholastic, May 2014)

• “Marine Parks Wrestling with Change” article adapted by Newsela from Orlando Sentinel 

https://newsela.com/articles/captive-whales/id/5401/

• “SeaWorld Promises a Bigger Pool for its Orcas After Movie Made People Angry” 

https://newsela.com/articles/seaworld-orcas/id/4866/

• “Sea World says Movie ‘Blackfish’ is Wrong about its Killer Whales” article adapted by Newsela from Orlando Sentinel

https://newsela.com/articles/orca-lifespan/id/2637/

• “California bill would ban orca shows at SeaWorld”

http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/07/us/california-bill-orca-killer-whale-seaworld

• “Smart, social and erratic in captivity” from The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/30/science/smart-social-and-captive.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

• “Rejected: Blackfish” from Awesome Ocean.com

http://www.awesomeocean.com/2014/11/24/kids-nationwide-reject-blackfish-agen

• (Ad against Killer Whale Shows by PETA)

http://timesofsandiego.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/PETA-poster-for-Comic-Con.jpg

Multimedia:

• Zoologist says orcas will decline in the wild

https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2014/03/07/nr-intv-grey-stafford-orcas-captivity.cnn

• Sea World Killer Whale Trainer Responds to “Blackfish”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VX4GRC6L07w (0–2:39)

• Ad for Seaworld:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbGoosBlRwk

Killer Whales and Aquariums Additional Text Set

Should killer whales be kept in captivity at all?

Should there be aquariums?

• “Aquariums and Marine Parks” from the PETA website

http://www.peta.org/issues/animals-in-entertainment/zoos-pseudo-sanctuaries/aquariums-marine-parks/

• “Sea World to expand killer whale environments” by Emma Goss

http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Sea-World-to-Open-Massive-Killer-Whale-Environment-in-San-Diego-271376511.html

• Debate: Should zoos and aquariums exhibit beluga whales? Time for Kids by Elizabeth Winchester

http://www.mpsaz.org/sirrine/staff/sldanley/science/oceanography/files/aow-beluga-whales.pdf

• Mystic Aquarium: Beluga Whales

http://www.mysticaquarium.org/beluga-whales/

• Should big animals live in aquariums? Scubadiving.com presents an essay for both sides

http://www.scubadiving.com/training/ask-expert/should-big-animals-live-aquariums

• “SeaWorld, critics debate if park tanks or sea pens are best for Orcas” by Los Angeles Times,

https://newsela.com/articles/seaworld-whales/id/13996/

• “The Biggest Fish Tank” by Gail Hennessey (Scholastic)

THE RESEARCH-BASED ARGUMENT ESSAY - TEXT SET BIBLIOGRAPHY

CHOCOLATE MILK

1. Flavored Milk: Tasty Nutrition

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mo3qsx05974

2. Sugar Overload

http://fast.wistia.net/embed/iframe/7gnr47fa8v?embedType=popoverH

eight=84&popoverWidth=150&videoWidth=640

3. The Many Benefits of Chocolate Milk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFsymVRkMAU

4. Schools May Ban Milk Over Added Sugar

http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/money/industries/food/2011-05-09-

chocolate-milk-bans_n.htm

5. Flavored Milk Advertorial

http://www.smarturl.it/dairy-advertorial