Step One: Gathering Your Evidence
Revisit your notes, graphic organizers, and worksheets from the play. Write key points of evidence in the chart below. What did Brutus do and say that shows him to be a patriot? What did he do and say that makes him a betrayer? Then, decide what claim you will make.

Place your evidence from the play in the correct spaces.
Evidence for Brutus as a Patriot Evidence for Brutus as a Betrayer

Step Two: Writing Your Claim
Complete the following sentence: I plan to prove that...

Cross out "I plan to prove that." What remains is your clearly stated position.

Complete the following sentence: This matters because...

Cross out "This matters because." What remains is your purpose for writing.

Combine these two thoughts into one coherent sentence; this is your claim.

Your finalized claim:

Step Three: Identifying the Counterclaim
Complete the following sentence: My claim states that...

Cross out "My claim states that." What remains is your clearly stated position.

Complete the following sentence: Some may disagree with me because...

Cross out "Some may disagree with me because." What remains is the opposition's point of view.

Combine these two thoughts into one coherent sentence; this is the counterclaim.

Your finalized counterclaim:

Step Four: Planning Your Introduction
In this section of the organizer, you will plan your own introduction based on the prompt in the lesson. You may refer to the sample introduction from the lesson if needed.

Using the claim and counterclaim you have developed in steps 2 and 3, plan your introduction below.

Hook:

Bridge:

Counterclaim:

Bridge with transition:

Claim:

Step Five: Writing Your Introduction
Copy and paste your sentences from the plan in step four into paragraph format here. Read your completed paragraph to yourself and add transitions and domain-specific words to make your introductory paragraph flow from one idea to the next.

We can say that Brutus was a patriot because he was fighting for the rights of the roman citizens, even though he made a plot against Ceasar. A sentence that supports the idea is: "With this I depart: that, as I slew my best lover for the good of Rome, I have the same dagger for myself when it shall please my country to need my death.". Two Ideas that counterpart the idea that Brtus was a patriot: 1) "Had you rather Caesar were living and die all slaves, than that Caesar were dead, to live all free men?" probably stating how he wanted caesar to be dead. and 2) "Caesar you can rest now, I didn't kill you half as willingly" expression that also denotes hate for the person who was governor.

Explanation:

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)