A classic move in an academic paragraph is to confirm and expand on somebody else's argument. Look at the essay on p. 192 of Spatt (Carl Singleton's "What our Education System Needs is More F's) and find one such argument. It doesn't matter whether you agree with Singleton or not. Find an argument you can support "for the sake of argument," as the old saying goes.
We'll talk about how to structure the paragraph in class, but here is a thumbnail organization:
5. YOUR point (the topic sentence)
4. Singleton's point
3. Quote or paraphrase from Singleton explaining or expanding his point
4. The hidden assumption behind or implication of Singleton's point
3. Explanation of that assumption
2. Evidence that supports that explanation
We will. I hope, have time to write the paragraph in class, but in any case, have it blogged by Monday's class so we can take a look.
