Supreme Court! Today, you will use research and summary to inform a reader. Use details from your investigation to support a central idea.
Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, and rewriting. Develop the topic thoroughly by
selecting the most significant and relevant facts, extended definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information
and examples.
You will need to follow the rules of grammar by using correct punctuation, spelikag, fou capitalization. For example, when
you write about the United States Supreme Court or the Justices, you must always do capitals.
Before uploading your final draft, make sure you have included several transitions, which re words or phrases that will link
sections of the text one to another.
Before completing your final draft, please look at the informative research rubric.
Prompt
Write a four-paragraph summary essay analyzing a Supreme Court Ruling that includes a Dissenting Opinion. You may
choose to create a slide show, or include other pleces of media or graphics to accompany your paper. Imagine you are
writing to other high school students. For your research, you can utilize the Internet, library, or newspapers. A good place
to start is the government's Supreme Court website: http://www. supremecourt. gov. You will need to make use of both
primary and secondary sources for this assignment.
For your research, check to make sure you include:
1. An introduction paragraph that includes appropriate background information.
2. The name of the Justice who wrote the Opinion of the Court
3. A summary of the Opinion of the Court.
4. The name of the Justice who wrote the Dissenting Opinion.
5. A summary of the Dissenting Opinion.
6. A concluding paragraph that offers your personal opinion of the topic.