Amplify Science- Force and Motion Argumentative Response Outline

Product Description:

This product is a 3-page word document that is a supplement to the "Force and Motion" unit as part of Amplify Science curriculum, specifically for Lesson 3.4- "Reasoning About the Pod's Motion" and Lesson 4.3- "Generating an Argument".

It contains all the evidence card descriptions, relevant key concepts, a detailed "checklist" outline, and two writing samples for both argumentative responses that I wrote.

It can be used as a scaffold for specific students or given to everyone as they write their second and third argumentative responses. The two writing samples that you could show students before they begin writing, or as a writing sample to show them after as part of a feedback process.

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• You only have permission to download this product if your school has purchased a subscription to Amplify Science.
• You do not have permission to download this product unless your school has purchased Amplify Science curriculum.
• This product is useless without all the materials provided by Amplify Science.
• This is a scaffold that I originally designed to help my ICT students write their first argumentative response and it worked very well. I ended up using it with all my classes.
• Despite the best efforts of the Reasoning Tool and hand-holding through the first argumentative response, I found that students were still not able to organize their writing completely.
• While Amplify has a suggested writing format for this essay, in my experience, it does not overlap enough with how they learn to write from ELA class. This product serves to bridge that gap more completely. In my experience, it did very well and students had an easier time writing.