Argumentative Writing Lesson: Taking Notes from Sources, Grades 6-8

Which source would you rather use? A player who wants new basketballs says, "We never have enough." Coach Ames's equipment list says 6 basketballs for classes of 30. In about 40 minutes, students learn to take short notes from sources in their own words, tag each note with its source, sort the notes under the reason they support, and run a quick credibility check on every source.

What's inside

• 16 slides, with speaker notes on all 16
• 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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