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spend 15 minutes reading the-question,analyzing and evaluating the sourees,  \nand-40minutes writing your response:  \nNete:You may begin writing your response-before the reading period is over.  \nTARTHeRe:  \nIn the nineteenth and most of the twentieth centuries,handwriting instruction (print and cursive)was virtuallyuniversal in schools in the United States.By contrast,little if any time is devoted to such lessons today.Whilesome argue that handwriting instruction should still have a place in schooling,others maintain that digitaltechnologies have rendered such instruction unnecessary.Plan for  \nCarefully read the following six sources,including the introductory information for each source.Wite anessay that synthesizes material from at least three of the sources and develops your position on the place,if any,of handwriting instruction in today's schools.  \nSource A(Gillis)Source B(worksheet)Source C(Trubek)Source D(Kysilko)Source E(Pot)Source F(graph)  \nYou should plan a  \n+ha+does  \nIn your response yotrshould do the following:  \n●Respond to the prompt with a thesis that presents a defensible position.  \n·Select and use evidence from at least three of the provided sources to support your line of reasoning.Indicate clearly the sources used through direct quotation,paraphrase,or summary.Sources may becited as Source A,Source B,etc.,or by using the description in parentheses.  \n(  \n●Explain how the evidence supports your line of reasoning.  \n●Use appropriate grammar and punctuation in communicating your argument.  \nevidence relevant to a rangecitedrecord十oPositions onInclwde evidence from ail six sourceswith a +otalce f evidenceonthetenofoic dcetheofPi-Chart① Use  \n   \n②es, some   osbledefe  \n+ne e pc.  \nWhatif any,shlhnwritininstructioni odaysSschools?  \nhave  \nHndwitinDigital technologiesshould s+ill have ahave rendered such in schoolinstion onecessd  \n\n| Source A  \u003Cbr>Gillis,Carly.\"Schools Debate Cursive Handwriting Instruction Nationwide.\"HuffPost,30 Mar.  \u003Cbr>2011,www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/30/cursive-handwriting-instr_n_842069.html.   |\n| --- |\n\nThe following is excerpted from an article on a news Web site.  \nCursive handwriting instruction is disappearing.  \nStudents and teachers alike have swapped pencils for keyboards,baselines for blinking cursors,and have all butwritten off the traditional route of writing.  \nAithough standardized tests may not pick up the flourish of a cursive capital“T”or grade against floaters andsinkers,proponents of cursive handwriting maintain that there is value in teaching the craft and hope to save it frombeing erased from educational relevancy.  \nABC News reports that 41 states have adopted the Common Core State Standards for English,which omits cursivehandwriting from required curriculum.Now that it's not mandatory,schools around the country are debatingwhether or not to spend valuable teaching resources on penmanship.  \nIn New York,some schools are considering cutting it altogether.Deb Fitzgerald,a second-grade teacher at VanSchaick Elementary in Cohoes,told CBS 6Albany that she'd rather“move on”and focus class time on other topics.  \nColorado schools are also engaged in a similar debate.Some teachers believe that cursive is archaic and thatstudents should be prepared for contemporary communication.Susana Cordova,chief academic officer DenverPublic Schools,told the Denver Post:  \n\"In many respects,it's only inside our schools where we see such emphasis on paper and pencil,\"she says.\"Themove outside our schools,and in innovative schools,is toward technology.There will always be a role for thewritten word by hand on paper.But the experiences most of us have,with 30 minutes a day practicing cursive inclass,has gone by the wayside.”  \n-------------:əueN  \nзашц аац, иоца цоро ошчм фооцоелa i-дeтТ олвлЭ обеыюмот  \nартлВ цхп огтооцэзай шоц ятиэрпв До ялацэоэт рио ятиалрд.of 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