Argument Bell Ringers #2: Claim, Counterargument & Refutation - Writing Prompts

Students practice writing arguments with these bell-ringer handouts that require them to consider evidence for claims, brainstorm counterarguments, and provide possible refutation. This is a second volume with new topics!

Each handout starts with an engaging topic for adolescents including some of the following:

• allowing music in class
• learning to code
• drug testing student athletes
• recycling in schools
• lowering the voting age
• banning pit bulls
• regulating artificial intelligence
• requiring preschool
• banning zoos
• self-driving cars

There are 40 topics in total and a blank template that allows the teacher or students to write their own claims. If you give one topic per day, these could last you for eight weeks of school!

Instructions for using the bell-ringers and a sample key for one topic are provided in the resource. Furthermore, several suggestions are provided for using these handouts as other activities including standardized assessment practice. In addition to the printable lesson, this resource may be used for online learning with EASEL by TpT.

If you like these argument bell-ringers, you may be interested in these other lessons to teach argumentation and rhetoric:

Argument Bell Ringers Volume 1

Rhetorical Appeals Trashketball Game

Rhetorical Appeals Task Cards

Paired Passage with Civil Disobedience

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