Argumentative Writing Lesson: Choosing Evidence, Grades 6-8

"Our class should get ten more minutes of free reading." Which would convince you: "I just really want it," or "Last month we read for 20 minutes a day, and 22 of 28 students finished a book"? In about 40 minutes, students learn to pick evidence a reader can actually look at.

What's inside

• 15 slides, with speaker notes on all 15
• Lesson plan, 2 pages
• Student Notes, 1 page
• Model Page, 1 page
• Writing Practice, 2 pages
• Teacher answer key, 1 page, with accepted answers, "look for" notes and a day rubric
• Print-all PDF, 7 pages: lesson plan, Notes, Model Page, Writing Practice and answer key together

Answer key included

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