Taking a Stand: Writing about Inalienable Rights

Finally, take one of your topic sentences, your sentences about the three rights you believe we should have (including details), and another of your topic sentences as a conclusion, and send them to me as a comment. This should make a 7-8 sentence paragraph.


Today, I want you to write four topic sentences for the rights you think everyone should have. The sentences should be:

1. Simple Declarative;
Example: There are some rights everyone should have.

2. Number Statement;
Example: Here are some among the many rights we should all have.

3. Question;
Example: Why are some rights so important?

4. Situation/Stance;
Example: If we are to be free, there are some rights that must be guaranteed.

Please Reply to your last comment to send this to me.

265 thoughts on “Taking a Stand: Writing about Inalienable Rights

  1. Topic:Inalienable Rights

    Audience:Ms.Mercer

    Keywords: What important words are in the prompt. What is the subject? How much should you write? What format should your response be in?

    . The first right I think everyone should have is the right of free choice.

    .The next right I think all people should have is the right of defence.

    .The last right I think people should is the right of shelter.

    .All people around the world should have the right of freedom.

    .Everyone should have the right of responsibility.

    .Everyone should have the right of freedom of speech.

  2. Although some people feel that rights aren’t important but, i feel we all need equal rights.. The first right is to be able to have freedom of expresion. sometimes people feel bad because they cant say what they want to say.. The next right is that we should be able to have freedom of dress. girls sometimes feel incomplete because they cant express their own style. The last right is we should be able to drive
    i think that because children are responsible and should have better transportation what are some rights you think you should have?

    • Very good overall. Can you fix some of the capitalization mistakes (“i” should be I, the first word of the sentences like “girls”), the punctuation (you have double periods in one, and are missing ending punctuation in another). Can you have the last sentence flow with the rest of the paragraph?

  3. The first right I think everyone should have is skateboarding with getting pulled over by a security guard
    skateboarding is not illegal.

    The next right I think we should all have is doing what you like.
    like skateboarding in the back of Walmart

    The last right all people should have is expressing your feelings

    • Good ideas, but this is not a paragraph. Have the sentences flow together, not on separate lines. You are missing a topic and conclusion. You should have one topic sentence at the beginning, and a conclusion and put at the end. Please re-do this.

  4. 1.we should have the rights to do lots of stuff
    2.these are examples of why we have the rights do stuff we have rights to vote,sit in front of the bus and talk
    3.do you feel that we should have the rights to do stuff
    4.if we were to be free we would be happy for the rest are life.

    Topic: What the topic is

    Audience: Who are your writing to

    Keywords: What important words are in the prompt. What is the subject? How much should you write? What format should your response be in?

    what is the keywords tell me more To have the rights you have to do all kinds of stuff.Rights isn’t anything it is amazing.Also it is lots of stuff for pore people.

    • This is not a paragraph. Add a topic sentence and conclusion at the beginning and end of your writing. You need to have the sentences flow together, not listed on separate lines. You need to fix up your capitals. The first word of each sentence needs a capital.

    • Yolanda,
      This is not a paragraph. Add a topic sentence and conclusion at the beginning and end of your writing. You need to have the sentences flow together, not listed on separate lines. You need to fix up your capitals. The first word of each sentence needs a capital.

  5. 1.The first right i think everyone should have is that they be treated with respect
    *their human beings
    *every human being needs to be treated with respect.
    2.The next right i think we should all have is that we all get more education/fun and less work.
    *because the work we have is to much work
    *and we need a rest of school work.
    3.The last right all people should have is that kids should not get hit with belts or anything.
    *because their just kids.
    *kids do a lot of stuff that are bad and they shouldn’t be punished.

    • This is not a paragraph. Take out the number, have the sentences flow together. You need a topic sentence at the beginning, and a conclusion at the end.

  6. .I think we should have a cell phone in our school
    Like what of a big problem
    2.we should be able to pick our own food at school because what if we don’t like it

    3.I think we should be able to learn anything in life we might need it later in life
    Reply

    *
    Ricard.R says:
    December 2, 2010 at 9:41 am

    1WE should have a lot of rights.

    2 There are three reason we should have rights

    3 Should we have rights

    4 If we were to have rights

    • This is not a paragraph. Add a topic sentence and conclusion at the beginning and end of your writing. You need to have the sentences flow together, not listed on separate lines. You need to have details.

  7. these are some right that I have.

    I think that should we get our own right.
    How did you get your right?
    I think that right are import.
    Some people have there own right.
    People have not get there own right because it did not became true. Some children want there own right. Even tall people want a right.

    • This is not a paragraph. You need to have the sentences flow together, not listed on separate lines. You have not listed rights, it looks like a bunch of topic sentences. Please list three rights and some details about each right.

  8. S says:
    November 19, 2010 at 11:22 am

    Topic:rights
    Audience:class
    Keywords:inalienable rights

    The first is to vote.
    The second is that a child must have education.
    The third right that some countries give jobs.
    Reply

  9. I think we have rights to go into public stores also
    I think we can have many rights.
    Rights are important because people can get together

    everybody should get along.This what I think about these rights

  10. Tell Me More:
    1.One right that we should have is not having to wear school uniform because we don’t want to wear the same thing every 180 days of school.

    2.We also need better and warmer foods like pie because when it is cold outside,the food will also be cold and we won’t be warm inside.We need better foods because sometimes kids get sick and even I got sick one time.

    3.We also need more school supplies like scissors,glue,rulers,and markers because kids are always fighting to share and are impatient to others.

    ===========
    Four Topic Sentences:
    1.Everyone should have rights.
    2.I have three rights I would like to share.
    3.Do you think we should have rights?
    4.Even though not having rights is fun for other people,I think it is better if we do.

  11. I think that kids should have the right
    to do everything. People should have be able to vote how ever they what people should be able to drive when ever they what

  12. Topic sentence. First right. Details about this. Second Right. Details about this.Third right. Details about this. Conclusion.
    1.We have the right to do whatever we think is good
    2.We have the right to were whatever we want
    3.we have the right to work together

  13. The three rights I think we should have are uniform,voting,and our own choice of food.And I will tell you why.

    1. we shouldn’t have to wear uniform because when you are a kid you should wear what you want then we get older we might have a dress code so let us express our self now.

    2.we should be able to vote because we have opinions to about who is going to run our state or country we live here too.

    3.we should have to pick our own food because we might not like the food that we like and just like voting we also have opinions about what goes in MY body.

    by ashley

  14. Three thing that I think people should have is that all people including ladies should be able to vote unless they are eighteen or younger they may not be able to vote because they are not eighteen or older yet.
    Another right I think people should have is that people shouldn’t be able to drink while they are driving any were and every were.
    Finally people have the right to go to public store because it is a public store and any one can go to a public store.
    Topic Sentences:
    1.I am writing about 3 what people should have.
    2.There is 3 right.
    3.What right should we have.

    • This is not a paragraph. The topic sentences should not be in a list at the end. You should have one topic sentence at the beginning, and one of them should be changed into a conclusion and put at the end. Please re-do this.

  15. The first right I think everyone should have is skateboarding with getting pulled over by a security.
    skateboarding is not illegal

    The next right I think we should all have is doing what you like.
    like skateboarding in the back of walmart

    The last right all people should have is expressing your feelings

  16. 1. The first right I think everyone should have is driving because its cool and it is the right thing to do
    2. The next right I think we should all have is playing video games any time because some kids cant and it is the right thing to do
    3. The last right all people should have is driving mini motor bikes in the street because its right it is the right thing to do
    Reply

  17. These are some right that I have. to tell you.

    I think that should we get our own right.
    How did you get your right?
    I think that right are import.
    Some people have there own right.
    People have not get there own right because it did not became true. Some children want there own right. Even tall people want a right.People have their own right to do. Everyone want a right jest like me.

  18. How would you feel if you had no rights to do things?
    We are tire of not having the rights to do whatever we want. I believe that we should have the rights do go to the same stores to cross the fence.Do you feel that everybody should have the rights.I want people to be free to do whatever they want. It is evident that people should have the rights and have the rights to be free to spread there wings and fly for the first time

  19. Don’t you feel we should have the rights to do whatever we want?
    The first right i think everyone should have is that they need to be treated with respect because their human beings every human being needs to be treated with at least a little respect.The next right i think we should all have is that we all get more education but at the same time have fun and less work because sometimes we need the education but at the same time the work we have is to much work or is hard and sometimes we need a rest of school work.The last right all kids should have is that kids should not get hit with belts or anything because their just kids,kids do a lot of bad stuff and they shouldn’t be punished,I believe each parent thinks their child is a trouble maker but the kids shouldn’t get punished.

  20. Here are some right I think people should have.
    The first right I think everyone should have is letting people cross the borders.I think people would have a better life.They would also have a better future for there family.
    The next right I think we should all have is having less homework.Students would have time to relax from “education.”Many students say that homework is boring and it a waste of time from having free time with your friends.The last right all people should have is being treated with respected.The reason i think they should be treated with respected is because they are human beings.It also show good manners.

  21. children has the right to have these things.
    We should have cells phones so it could be protection. So we could call our friends an our family we need ipod touch so we could listen to music. We could listen too music if we get bored or listen too it when you do your homework.All of us need money to buy things. We need too buy clothes, shoes, games, and lots of things.
    That’s why we won’t get bored by these things

  22. rights I think kids should have. I think we should have a cell phone in our school
    Like what of a big problem.
    we should be able to pick our own food at school because what if we don’t like it
    I think we should be able to learn anything in life we might need it later in life I think we should all HAVE RIGHTS

  23. these are the first rights every one should have .The first is to have to be able to eat what we want unless we are on a diet and also to have the right to talk when we need to defend ourselves.

  24. Rights I think Kids should have. One right I think we should have is a phone. Another right I think we should have is a family. My right I think we should have is a house. My four rights is we should all have the freedom to go to school.