Who’s Right: Elizabeth Green or Tom Loveless? Why Do Americans Stink at Math? By ELIZABETH GREEN JULY 23, 2014 New York Times Sunday Magazine Six Myths in the New York Times Math Article by Elizabeth Green By TOM LOVELESS August 7, 2014 New York Tim
Argue that either Elizabeth Green’s or Tom Loveless’s viewpoint is correct in their respective articles.
Essay Structure:
1. Begin your essay with a thesis and a map. Choose one of the two thesis/map combinations below.
Elizabeth Green’s viewpoint in her July 23, 2014, article “Why Do Americans Stink at Math” is correct, and Tom Loveless unsuccessfully argues against this viewpoint in his August 7, 2014, article “Six Myths in the New York Times Math Article by Elizabeth Green.” Following is a summary of both articles, and then an explanation as to why Green’s viewpoint is correct.
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Elizabeth Green’s viewpoint in her July 23, 2014, article “Why Do Americans Stink at Math” is not correct, and Tom Loveless successfully argues against this viewpoint in his August 7, 2014, article “Six Myths in the New York Times Math Article by Elizabeth Green.” Following is a summary of both articles, and then an explanation as to how Loveless proves that Green’s viewpoint is incorrect.
NOTE: Once you introduce each writer’s complete name and the complete title of the article, you can refer to each writer by his or her last name: Green or Loveless. You also do not need to provide the complete title of the article again. You can simply refer to each writer’s article as the “article” or shorten the article title to key words.
Green’s article
Loveless’ article
Green’s “Math” article
Loveless’ “Six Myths” article
2. Summarize Green’s article briefly: Green’s viewpoint and how she supports it.
Example:
In her article, Green argues that Americans…(Explain how she supports her contention that Americans stink at Math.)
3. Create a one-sentence paragraph transition to Loveless’ article.
Example:
Now, let’s move on to Loveless’ article and an explanation of how he counters Green’s argument that Americans stink at math.
4. Summarize Loveless’ article briefly: Loveless’ viewpoint and how he supports it.
Example:
In his article, Loveless identifies what he terms “six myths” in Green’s article…(Explain how he supports his viewpoint that Green’s article is flawed.)
5. Create a one-sentence paragraph transition to your support for your contention that Green’s or Loveless’ viewpoint is correct.
Example:
Now that summaries of both Green’s and Loveless’ articles have been provided, this question needs to be answered: Which writer’s viewpoint is correct: Green’s or Loveless’?
6. State which writer is correct and why.
Example:
Green is correct…
Loveless is correct…
7. Conclude your essay with a persuasive purpose: what YOU think it’s important for us to understand about the topic of Americans and math. What should we understand about this topic—why?
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