Oil

by Lauri S. Friedman (Editor)

Overview

Teach your readers the essential facts about oil while they learn how to be expressive writers. The first section of this guidebook presents readers with six very different viewpoints relating to oil. Are we running out of oil? Will biofuels replace oil? Is nuclear power a better source than oil? Readers will be guided in analyzing each essay that answers these questions. Section two teaches readers how to create a compare-and-contrast essay. The third section provides fast facts about oil for their research writing, sample essay topics, and instructions on using sources of information.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780737740387
Publisher:	Greenhaven Publishing LLC
Publication date:	06/14/2008
Series:	Writing the Critical Essay: An Opposing Viewpoints Guide Series
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	12 - 17 Years

Editorial Reviews

Review: Oil "...the books will help those students who need organization and ideas, as well as present them with some handy research material."—School Library Journal, January 2009

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