East LA School Walkouts (1968)

East LA School Walkouts (1968)

MC Students protest gun violence (3/14/18)

MC Students protest gun violence (3/14/18)

Writing Prompt: Is walking out of school to protest a powerful or pointless exercise? Do students have a right to express their beliefs this way? How much responsibility and control do schools have in this situation? Write a strong persuasive essay, arguing one side of the debate about student protests. Back up your ideas with specific textual details from articles, videos, and research.

Online Resources:

• “LA Schools Celebrate Historic Student Walkout by Telling Students Not to Walk Out” (Splinter)
• “L.A. students join the nationwide walkout to push for stricter gun control” (LA Times)
• Standing Strong in Florida (Time for Kids)
• What you should know about the National School Walkout (USA Today)
• East LA Walkouts (PBS)
• Walkout (IMDB)

Writing Process:

• Walkout Essay Criteria and Tree Map
• Persuasion Map (readwritethink)
• Paperrater
• Hemingwayapp
• Grammarly
• Citations: Easybib
• Citations: Citation Machine