PURPLE GROUP Problem- Solution- Paragraph

Step 1: Refer back to the NOTES from the ISide Video you watched. You should have

written down one topic that was interesting to you. Then you were supposed to find three

pieces of evidence to go along with them (fact, statistic, etc).

Step 2: Write your three pieces of evidence and record the authors last name for each

evidence:

Evidence 1- In America, there are approximately 270 million firearms possessed by civilians, and only

897,000 carried by police (11 facts about guns)

Evidence 2-The Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms reports that about 5.5 million newfirearms were
manufactured in America in 2010. 95% of these were for the U.S. market (11 facts about guns)

Evidence 3- Since 1950, every public mass shooting (with the exception just 1) in the U.S. has occurred in
a place where civilians are banned from carrying firearms. (11 facts about guns)

Step 3: Get Mrs. McCabe to sign off on completion of steps 1-2: ___________________

Step 4: Refer back to your CEW packet. Find where you have notes on transition and

lead-in phrases. Copy and PASTE your notes about transition and lead in-phrases to here:

Step 5: Get Mrs. McCabe to sign off on step 4: _____________________

Step 6: Do you like the three pieces of evidence you found about your topic? Circle Yes

or No. If you said no, please research a different fact about it, and then write your new

fact here:

Step 7: Refer back to your CEW packet. Copy and PASTE the formulas for citing

evidence by writing complete sentences and citing evidence by paraphrasing to here:

Step 8: Get Mrs. McCabe to sign off that you did step 7 correctly:

______________________________

THIS IS A BIG STEP!

Step 9: Refer back to your evidence from step 2 and formulas in step 7. Now you must

write each piece of evidence as a quote with the authors name and page number, or by

paraphrasing the evidence and using the authors name and page number. So, you must

follow your formulas!

"In America, there are approximately 270 million firearms possessed by civilians, and only

Evidence 1: 897,000 carried by police" (11 facts about guns)

"In America, there are approximately 270 million firearms possessed by

Evidence 2: civilians, and only 897,000 carried by police" (11 facts about guns)

Evidence 3: "Since 1950, every public mass shooting (with the exception just 1) in the U.S. has occurred
in a place where civilians are banned from carrying firearms" (11 facts about guns)

Step 10: Complete the outline below about the topic (problem) you chose to research and

find a solution to.

1. Claim: (Fill in the blank)

Gun control
_____________________________ is a major issue that needs to be addressed.

2. 2-3 sentences of background information about topic - Who, What, When, Where, Why:

Citizens in the United States are consistinently getting shot and/or buying guns in the
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United States and all over the world.

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3. Evidence- One piece of evidence showing I should care about this issue and that it is a

major problem (Take your piece of evidence from step 9):

One reason why fun gun control needs to be limited is, "In America, there are
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approximately 270 million firearms possessed by civilians, and only 897,000
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carried by police" (11 facts about guns)
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4. Warrant- Explain above evidence:

As u can see citizens have more guns which doesn't leave the police much to protect the
people
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5. Evidence- Second piece of evidence showing I should care about this issue and that it is
a major problem (Take your second piece of evidence from step 9):

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Something else we need to realize is "The Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
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and Firearms reports that about 5.5 million newfirearms were manufactured in
America in 2010. 95% of these were for the U.S. market" (11 facts about guns)
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6. Warrant- Explain above evidence:

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This shows that there is a verity of guns people could buy that can be very
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dangerous to the people around the world
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7. Evidence- Third piece of evidence showing I should care about this issue and that it is a
major problem (Take your piece of evidence from step 9):

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"Since 1950, every public mass shooting (with the exception just 1) in the U.S. has
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occurred in a place where civilians are banned from carrying firearms" (11 facts
about guns)
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8. Warrant- Explain above evidence:

This quote shows that if civilians were banned from guns and people were more aware of
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this problem they could be safe and security could be better
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9. Research/find a solution to the problem. You need to use specific evidence and set it
up how we taught you. This needs to be at least 5 sentences.

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One way to stop school shooting are arming the principal or keeping a gun in a
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school safe or having police guards throughout the school. For example in a arrival
it says, "They further suggested the solution lies in stationing armed guards at our
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children's schools" (National Rifle Association ). This shows just at in trusted
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people in the school could help this problem.
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