Tablets vs. Textbooks

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Essay 5: Tablets vs. Textbooks Publishing for the K-12 school market is an $8 billion industry, with three companies – McGraw-Hill, Pearson, and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt – capturing about 85% of this market. Tablets are a $35 billion industry with roughly one in three adults owning a tablet. As tablets have become more prevalent, a new debate has formed over whether schools should switch from print textbooks to digital textbooks on tablets.1 Your task You are to write a 500-750 word five-paragraph persuasive essay on one of the following topics: 1. Tablets help students learn better than textbooks. 2. Textbooks help students learn better than tablets. Your essay should include the following: 1. Introductory paragraph 2. Four body paragraphs (2 arguments, 1 counterargument, 1 refutation) 3. Concluding paragraph Your essay will be assessed on the following: 1. Well-developed introduction with an opening sentence that attracts the reader’s attention, related background information, and a restricted thesis sentence that indicates pattern of development, specific topic, and aspects/categories 2. Body paragraphs that include topic sentences that are well developed by major and minor supporting sentences, and transitions 3. Well-developed conclusion with a topic sentence, summary of main points, and concluding sentence Resources While you may access the following sites for information, you must cite your source and paraphrase the information: 1. Tablets vs. Textbooks on ProCon.org Website at http://tablets-textbooks.procon.org/ 2. The Future of Education: Tablets vs. Textbooks by Margaret Rock at http://mashable.com/2012/10/05/tablets-vs-textbooks/ 1 “Tablets vs. Textbooks,” ProCon.org, http://tablets-textbooks.procon.org/

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