Argumentative Essay Middle School - Argument Writing (Standards-Aligned)

Argumentative Essay Writing will be a breeze with this step-by-step resource designed to lead your students with models and supports through the entire process.

Easy-to-follow writing templates guide students in drafting all five paragraphs! Includes a sample essay to motivate student writers and model strong writing. Standards-aligned.

Note: Amended pages are included for teachers who do not wish to include the counterclaim.

From teachers who have used this resource:

-- "PERFECT! Using with 6th grade and things are broken down perfectly so it is not overwhelming."

-- "This package was extremely helpful due to its breakdown of argumentative writing. It was fresh, fun, and creative!"

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-- "A great resource that helps keep kids focused throughout the writing process."

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-- "Papers turned out great!"

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**This is a PRINT resource. Need this resource for DIGITAL learning? Click over to this link for the DIGITAL version: Argumentative Essay DIGITAL – Argument Writing for Google Drive or Microsoft

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This Product Contains:

1. ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY STRUCTURE – The assignment is explained along with a visual representation of the 5-paragraph structure of the essay.

2. TOPIC CHOICES – A page that provides 12 argumentative topic choices and also offers students the opportunity to choose topics of their own (with teacher approval) ***I've included an Editable Topics Choices page so you are able to make changes for any of the suggested topics.

3. INTERNET RESEARCH – Students take notes from web sites on these handouts and are instructed how to document information for citing their sources.

4. PRE-WRITING ORGANIZER – A visually-appealing graphic organizer where students fill in key information for the essay.

5. WRITING THE INTRODUCTION – A page that contains instructions and examples for writing an attention grabber and a fill-in template (with supports) for drafting the entire introduction

6. STUDENT EXAMPLES OF AN INTRODUCTION – Two different well-written introductions are demonstrated, with parts of each introduction labeled

7. WRITING BODY PARAGRAPHS – Fill-in templates (with supports) guide students as they write their body paragraphs

8. WRITING THE COUNTERCLAIM – A fill-in template for drafting the counterclaim paragraph includes writing instruction and a model counterclaim paragraph.

9. WRITING THE CONCLUSION – A fill-in template (with supports) guides students as they write a concluding paragraph

10. WRITING THE WORKS CITED – An attractive handout shows students the correct formats for citing their sources, with sample entries provided

11. MENTOR TEXT – A sample argumentative essay entitled “Red-Light Cameras Save Lives” demonstrates format, content, and writing expectations as a model for student writing.

12. WRITING TIPS – A page of transitions, strong words, and other writing tips to guide student writing

13. STUDENT SELF-EVALUATION CHECKLIST – Students evaluate their process and product on a checklist.

14. AMENDED PAGES FOR 6th GRADE and NON-COMMON CORE TEACHERS – Six “amended” pages are provided for teachers who do not wish to include a counterclaim in the essay. (6th-grade Common Core does not require the counterclaim.)

15. GRADING RUBRIC - A 4-point rubric for grading the essays

16. TEACHER GUIDELINES AND COMMON CORE STANDARDS – Detailed, step-by-step guidelines for using this resource along with Common Core standards and differentiation

You will love the organization of this resource and the “scaffolds” that help students produce strong writing!

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NOTE: Please do not purchase this product if you previously purchased my Persuasive Essay resource. You can download THIS PRODUCT as an upgrade on your My Purchases page!

Thanks! --Joy

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