Argumentative Writing Lesson: Claim, Evidence, Reasoning, Grades 6-8

"Yesterday, nine students lined up at the sharpener." So what? In about 40 minutes, students learn the move that turns a number into an argument: evidence does not speak for itself, so the writer has to say how it proves the claim. This lesson teaches claim, evidence, reasoning as a three-part paragraph.

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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