Do you enjoy argumentative writing/speaking units? I personally enjoy them because the topics allow for some great discussions in class.

Use this process-based approach to teaching the persuasive or argumentative essay, and your students will be producing their best work ever. • https://bit.ly/31QqhdG

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Five ways to make your argumentative writing unit easy to manage. Ideas, strategies, and a complete lesson. FREEBIE included.

Unlock the secrets of persuasive communication! This guide offers strategies to teach argumentative writing, enhancing student essays and boosting their skills.

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Hi Teacher Friend,Need to help your students with Argumentative Writing / Opinion Writing?Here a way to help your students write high scoring 5 paragraph argumentative or opinion essay. This outline helps students know what to include in each paragraph and has a transition words reference chart all...

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Help your students master the art of argumentative writing with this argument writing teaching unit! I created this argumentative essay writing teaching unit with secondary ELA students in mind, and it includes step-by-step and engaging writing instructional materials. This argument essay writing un...

A person only has to spend 5 minutes in the company of a middle schooler to find out they LOVE to argue. And if someone is going to encourage them to argue

As almost any teacher is aware by now, fidget spinners are the newest trend to hit our classrooms. Embrace the craziness and blow your students away with an activity they will LOVE and thank you for! Since fidget spinners are already all around us, I created this download to embrace them and get my students to start writing in class. This print and go packet walks students step by step through the process of creating an argumentative/opinion writing paper on whether fidgets are considered tools or toys in the classroom. Ample background information is provided and learning is differentiated to two levels as well. Trust me, you will be blown away with how well your kids can write with this purchase. Although initially designed for special education students, any teacher looking to embrace the fidget spinner rage in their classroom could have a blast teaching this lesson! Purchase Includes: - Fidget spinners - What Are They? passage with 10 comprehension questions - Level A worksheet (text for lower level readers) on comparing/contrasting fidget spinners as tools vs. toys - Level A worksheet where students pick a side and summarize the details in their own words - Level B worksheet (text for higher level readers) on comparing and contrasting arguments for/against fidget spinners - Level B graphic organizer for students to list details for each point - Fidget spinner opinion writing planning sheet - Fidget spinner themed writing paper - Design your own fidget art activity

The art of persuasion is an essential life skill. It also happens to be required curriculum for many teachers. In this post, I'll share my method for teaching argumentative writing.

Although I'm not typically a fan of stand-alone activities, this exercise, presented at last year's NCTE Conference, incorporated many positive elements aimed at supporting writers working doing argumentative work...

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Grab these eye-catching argumentative writing anchor charts! Help your students master key elements such: as essay and paragraph structure, thesis statements, hooks, evidence, counterclaims, and more. Designed to simplify complex concepts, these charts are perfect for helping students master the art...

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Use these thought-provoking argumentative essay topics to teach students to write well-researched and convincing compositions.

Writing Claims and Counterclaims Paragraph Writing This is a great resource to practice argument writing. Students create claims for given counterclaims and write their own counterclaims for the given claims. The second page allows students to choose a pair and draft them into paraGraphs. Extend...

Last week, we completed our Nonfiction Research Unit and Research Based Argument Essay Unit, which are integrated units in reading and writ...