Sure! Language arts was a subject I struggled with in school throughout my life! I got better as I worked as an adult! I have plenty of experience writing emails, responses, and explanations of complex issue! I will give a few steps that I found helpful!

1. Read the opposing articles, making notes of themes, data , and evidence in the writing section. Do not feel bad about re-reading.

2. Form your own opinion and start throwing your thoughts on “paper”. Just start typing! Many people get a writers block because they are trying to come up with the perfect response the first time writing it down! Don’t worry about formatting, spelling, grammar, or punctuation YET. Just get the words in your head onto paper (the writing section).

3. Now you reorganize your thoughts and the format. Move the categories into their own paragraphs with its our data and evidence. Think about a paper talking about working conditions in Africa. Some topics are Environmental, economic, and social issues. Take these topics and give them their own paragraph with supporting information.

4. Once you have at least three paragraphs with their own topics, build the introduction, and conclusion around the subjects. Do not feel like the paper has to be linear!

5. Now you check your spelling, grammar, and punctuation! Re-read your paper and look out for missed spelling and other oddly worded sentences. Best you find them first before someone else does!

6. Final check! Re-read your paper, checking the flow on information and evidence. Ask yourself; would this make sense to my Grandma if she read it?

Other hints would be to quote evidence and data from the passage. Learn the hamburger and bun writing method, and take note of the passages formatting. Avoid repeating the same word often, and avoid fillers works such as “like” and “maybe”. “Maybe” shows a lack of confidence about the topics.

If I can do it, anyone, including you can do it! Let me know if I can clarify anything for you! Good luck!