Argumentative Writing Lesson: Essay Outline from Sources, Grades 6-8

Which plan would you rather write from? "Quiet room, good idea, people like it, studying, lots of reasons." Or "Reason 1: a place to focus; 25 asked for one (A). Reason 2: a calm end to the day (B)." In about 40 minutes, students learn to build a paragraph-by-paragraph essay outline from source notes: the claim, each reason with its tagged notes, where the other side goes, and the conclusion's idea.

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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