Argumentative Writing Instructional Workbook Grades 7-10: The Paper Chain

This is a 80-page exciting student-friendly ebook instructional manual and workbook for writing an argument / argumentative paper - perfect for grades 7 - 10. This unit addresses WRITING, READING, and LANGUAGE in Common Core Language. These are reading and writing techniques that can be used for cross-curricular writing in Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, Physical Education... you name it!

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With this student-friendly manual, students learn how to read and write argument/persuasive papers step-by-step. The following topics are addressed:

* Argumentative Writing

* The Paper Chain: Overview

* Argument Writing: Flow Chart

* Practice Identifying the Argument

* Effective Argument (word choice)

* Practice Generating an Argument

* Generating your own Argument

* Practice Identifying Claims

* Claims and Supporting Evidence

* Generating Claims: Supporting the Argument

* Practice Identifying Evidence

* Organizing Evidence

* Claims and Supporting Evidence

* Quoting Evidence

* Credibility

* A Search for Evidence

* Collecting Evidence: Internet Search

* Is this Website Credible?

* Practice Determining Credible Evidence

* Homework: Find Your Own Evidence

* Counterclaim

* Adding a Counterclaim

* Deconstructing a Counterclaim

* Writing a Body Paragraph: Organization

* Reasoning / Links: Explaining Evidence

* The Whole Paper = A TERCon Sandwich

* Citing Sources: Avoiding Plagiarism

* Other Ways to Say ‘Said’

* Bibliography / Works Cited

* Peer Revising

* Peer Revising Sample

* Revision Checklist

* Rubric

* Model/Exemplar Paper

* How to get an Advanced Score

* Sentence Fluency: Appositives

* Why Appositives Are Important

* Appositives Practice

* Commonly Misspelled Words

* Editing Shortcuts and Practice

* Publishing

* Glossary

* Answer Key

This manual is filled with models, examples, and practice, as well as easy-to-follow visuals and charts. You can print out the manual as a hard copy workbook for students or, as I do in my one-to-one iPad school, email it to my students as an ebook to reference all year.

Using this workbook, alongside writing a paper, will take approximately 2 months, depending on your grade-level and pace. I share a lot of information about my students and how we use this workbook on my blog.

This workbook is a great complement to my top-selling item, Argumentative Writing Unit

If you are interested in learning more about the TELCon writing method, scaffolding, and tiered writing interventions, please visit: Cross-Curricular Prompt Writing for Middle & High School

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