Consider this claim: Students who do not have at least a 3.0 GPA should not be allowed to have after-school jobs because they need to spend more time studying. Use the 5-step process to write a counterclaim. (10 points)

1. Complete the following sentence: The claim states that ...
2. Cross out "The claim states that." What remains is your clearly stated position.
3. Complete the following sentence: Some may disagree because ...
4. Cross out "Some may disagree because." What remains is your purpose for writing.
5. Combine these two thoughts; this is your claim and your counterclaim.

Read the excerpt from loom and spindle. but in a short time the prejudice against factory labor wore away, and the lowell mills became filled with blooming and energetic new england women. . they soon began to associate with those who formed the community in which they had come to live, and were invited to their houses. they went to the same church, and sometimes married into some of the best families. or if they returned to their secluded homes again, instead of being looked down upon as "factory girls" by the squire's or the lawyer's family, they were more often welcomed as coming from the metropolis, bringing new fashions, new books, and new ideas with them. what inference can be drawn about the time period of the excerpt? a. the changing workforce transformed society’s rules. b. factories improved local economies with new products. c. women with factory experience found other jobs easily. d. married women preferred factory work to homemaking.