Read the rough draft of a student's conclusion to an
argumentative editorial.
(1) Year-round schooling would help student
achievement. (2) Not so much information would have to
be crammed into nine months. (3) Furthermore, the
elimination of long breaks, particularly summer break,
would significantly reduce "learning loss" and the
additional time wasted at the beginning of each
academic year to reteach previously learned material.
(4) It is clear that year-round schooling helps students
learn and retain more. (5) The United States is not the
only country to experiment with a year-round school
schedule. (6) Although many still claim that evidence
about year-round school and its link to higher
achievement is inconclusive, these people need to open
their eyes and see that students in these schools
congistonth
If added after sentence 3, which se
improve this conclusion?
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because they would not have to
reteach a concept that the stude
know.
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time reviewing previously cover
would then have more time to m
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always dreaded at the beginning
academic year because it was a
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because the breaks would not be
them to forget everything they let
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