This document contains information about an English 10 project on argumentative essays. It provides performance standards and tasks for the project, which include writing a 500-word argumentative essay on a controversial topic, getting a plagiarism check, creating a PowerPoint presentation from the essay, and doing an argumentative speech. It also defines an argumentative essay as a piece of writing that takes a stance on an issue and attempts to persuade readers through reasoning and evidence. Some potential topics are listed.