1. select a current issue, one that has recently been in the news. you can scan the news to find as issue you relate to. 2. state your position on the issue by framing one or more facts about the issue in your opinion; use the examples below to model how to present your position.

Now we have "lords of dogtown," a fiction film based on the very same material and indeed written by peralta. not only is there no need for this movie, but its weaknesses underline the strength of the doc.” based on this passage, we can conclude that the author a. prefers documentaries to fictional stories c. likes the movie “lords of dogtown” very much b. prefers the documentary over “lords of dogtown” d. feels that it took too long to make the movie “lords of dogtown”