Ms. Jenkins

Looking forward to reading your thoughtful, academic, and reflective comments!

Statements to respond to:
1. Those who would exchange freedom for security deserve neither.
2. To assure our country’s freedom, the government should be able to spy on its citizens.
3. Patriotism means supporting your government during times of war.
4. Torture of a person who is a threat to our country’s freedom is acceptable as long as the person does not die.
5. People who are a serious threat to the government should be able to be held in prison without being charged.
6. The government has a right to know what people are reading so they may determine who might be a threat.
7. Society would be safer if we had security cameras in public places to catch potential criminals.
8. For an idea to exist, we must have words to express it.
9. Reporters should submit their work to government officials so they may determine if it’s a threat to the country.
10. The only way to prepare for peace is to be prepared for war.

Statement Response Rubric: Response is thoughtful, academically-focused, uses evidences to support opinion, no spelling errors, and appropriate word choice = 20 points (depending on amount of errors, grade will decrease).

Peer Response Rubric: Response is thoughtful, academically-focused, responds to author’s point, offers reasoning for agree/disagree, no spelling errors, and appropriate word choice = 10 points (depending on amount of errors, grade will decrease).