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University of Victoria (Canada)

The U Vic Writer's Guide: Writing Essays: Narrowing Your Essay Topic

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
What steps can you take to narrow an essay topic? Delve into this awesome site to learn how.
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Lumen Learning

Lumen: Academic Argument: Introduction to Argumentative Thesis Statements

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This introduction focuses on evaluating argumentative thesis statements. Click on the Next link at the bottom right for more information.
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Lumen Learning

Lumen: Writing Skills: Putting It Together: Academic Argument

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a summary of the academic argument learning objectives including constructing a debatable thesis statement, avoiding logical fallacies, building common ground with readers, and incorporating rebuttal and refutation.
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Other

National University of Singapore: Preparing for Presentations

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Some tips are presented on how to properly prepare the content of and structure a presentation. SL.9-10.1a Prepared/Discuss. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.SL.4, SL.11-12.4 Presentation
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Cleveland State University

Cleveland State University: Getting Papers Started

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site from the Cleveland State University suggests using "invention techniques" to focus on a topic, find a controlling idea, and generate examples. Goes on the describe several types of invention techniques.