Hey you all please help me write this! Press Release
A fecal transplant can work to cure a patient infected with a very harmful bacteria, such as C. difficile, in many different ways.
Write a paragraph that supports Subclaim 1. Include evidence and explain how your evidence supports this subclaim.
Subclaim 1: Bacteria from the fecal transplant can fill up the space in the gut, limiting the food and space for invading harmful bacteria.

To help you write, review your work from this lesson, including the Reasoning Tool.
To help you organize your thinking and construct your ideas, refer to the Argumentation Sentence Starters.
The Microbiome Research Institute will publish this press release as a way to inform the public and defend their funding.

Argumentation Sentence Starters
I think this evidence supports this claim because…
I don’t think this evidence supports this claim because…
I agree because…
I disagree because…
Why do you think that?

Press Release (continued)

Evaluating Your Argument
Read your draft of your initial argument (on page 53) and evaluate it based on the criteria below. Select how well you completed each task.
I stated my claim clearly.
Definitely
Somewhat
Not really
Not at all
I included evidence to support my claim.
Definitely
Somewhat
Not really
Not at all
I made my reasoning clear by explaining how the evidence supports the claim.
Definitely
Somewhat
Not really
Not at all