A note on this drill: these six steps are scaffolding for the underlying move — stating your opinion, giving a reason, backing it with evidence, saying what that evidence shows, conceding a specific point, then returning to your opinion to conclude — not a paragraph to memorize and reproduce word-for-word on test day. Each step offers three ways to begin: change them as you practice, until the structure feels automatic and your own language takes over. Formulaic, templated phrasing can work against you in TOEFL's automated scoring.

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Campus Fitness Requirement

Some universities require students to complete a physical education credit before graduating, arguing it supports lifelong health habits, while others think it’s an unnecessary requirement that has nothing to do with most students’ majors. Should a physical education credit be required for graduation?

Who will you push back on?

Pick the classmate you disagree with.

Your reasons appear here once you’ve picked a classmate.

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Six steps, in order, build one connected response: up to the peak, then down by the switchback. Choose how each sentence begins.

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Pick a classmate to push back on.