Argumentative Writing Lesson: The Counterclaim Paragraph, Grades 6-8

Which writer would you trust more? "Anyone who disagrees has not thought about it." Or "Some students find assemblies long, and that is fair. A ten-minute one would still let us start the week together." In about 40 minutes, students learn to write a whole paragraph about the other side of an argument.

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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