Edit and Revise: Casey wrote a paragraph to share her opinion about basketball. Read her first draft and look for revisions she will need to make. Then answer the questions that follow.

Why do you think the author (Casey) chose to write the word FAVORITE in all bold, italicized, uppercase letters?
Which sentence would best follow and support sentence 7?
What change is needed in sentence 2?
What change could be made in sentence 1?
Read the selections, The Importance of Having Homework and The Case Against Having Homework and the answer the questions.
Use the passage The Importance of Having Homework to answer questions 5 and 6. Use the passage The Case Against Having Homework to Answer questions 7 - 9.

What claim does the author make in The Importance of Having Homework?
According to The Importance of Having Homework, what can you infer the author means in the following sentence:
"Homework also teaches us responsibility and time management skills, which are helpful as we get older?"
According to The Case Against Having Homework, the details about students feeling relaxed and less stressed supports the idea that _______________?
What claim does the author make in The Case Against Having Homework?
In The Case Against Having Homework, what are 3 reasons the author includes to support their claim?
How is the author's claim in The Importance of Having Homework DIFFERENT from the author's claim in The Case Against Having Homework?
Do you think students should be assigned homework? Using evidence from one of the texts, write a well-organized argumentative paragraph to support your claim.