Argumentative Writing Lesson: Graphic Organizer Planning, Grades 6-8

Which is easier to fix: a weak reason on page 2 of a two-page draft, or one weak reason in a box on a plan? In about 40 minutes, students put every move of an argument into one reusable argumentative writing graphic organizer, the Argument Plan, and plan their own argument before they draft.

What's inside

• 14 slides, with speaker notes on all 14
• 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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