Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Analyze the Relevance, Quality, and Credibility of Evidence

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] Analyze the quality, relevance, and credibility of evidence that supports or opposes an argument.
Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: "Life Isn't Fair Deal With It" by Mike Myatt

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "Life Isn't Fair-- Deal With It" by Mike Myatt, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
Handout
Capital Community College Foundation

Guide to Grammar and Writing: Principles of a Composition

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Writing a Paper? Here at the Capital Community College is everything you could ever ask for while preparing your essay. This site includes the writing process, structure, thesis statement, transitions, the computer as a writing...
Handout
Grammarly

Grammarly Handbook: Answering the Opposition in a Persuasive Essay

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This page explains when and how to answer the opposing claims in a persuasive essay.
Article
Other

Pccd: The Enlightenment

For Students 9th - 10th
Enlightenment ideology, which placed reason and argumentation in the focus of investigation and man in its center, was most prominent in shaping the political thinking and discourse of the period. The views of most revolutionary leaders,...
Activity
Brown University

Brown University: Critical Writing and Thinking

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Resource explains exactly what critial writing and thinking are, questions to help you think critically, paper writing tips, troubleshooting, and more.
Handout
Colorado State University

Colorado State University: Writing @ Csu Writing Guides

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a fairly sophisticated series of writing guides. It assumes that users already have a solid grasp of spelling, grammar and mechanics, so it focuses more on organization and types of presentation than on more basic skills....
Activity
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Evaluate the Strength of Evidence [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This resource provides a downloadable worksheet that will assist students after they read a piece of nonfiction. Students will answer guided questions to help them determine the strength of evidence used when supporting a claim....
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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

Depaul University: Center for Urban Education: Organize an Argument [Pdf]

For Students K - 1st Standards
This site provides a nonfiction graphic organizer that will help students organize an argument.
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Revising the Persuasive Essay: Counterarguments Based on Evidence

For Students 9th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] Learn strategies for evaluating and revising counterarguments that anticipate objections in an essay.
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Writing Counterarguments Based on Evidence (English I Writing)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] Write an essay including counter-arguments that anticipate objections.
Lesson Plan
Lumen Learning

Lumen: Writing Skills: Tone, Language, and Appeal

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on using tone, language, and appeal to recognize and evaluate rhetorical approaches to building common ground. RI.9-10.4 word meanings/impact of choice
Lesson Plan
Lumen Learning

Lumen: Writing Skills: Formula for Refutation and Rebuttal

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on the formula for refuting and rebutting counterarguments including accurately representing opposing viewpoints, using a respectful, non-incendiary tone, using reliable information, using qualifying words to aid...
Lesson Plan
Lumen Learning

Lumen: Writing Skills: Further Your Understanding: Refutation and Rebuttal

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on examples of rebuttal and refutation to improve your understanding.
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University of Sydney (Australia)

The Write Site: Structuring Your Individual Arguments

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A diagram is provided to help students organize an argument. Assertions, sub-assertions, evidence, and counterarguments are included. Click on page 2 at the bottom to see the functions of the above and page 3 to for a practice activity....
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Quizlet

Quizlet: Elements of an Argument Test

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
Argument essay terms are included on this test over the following words: argument, claim, support, reasons, evidence, and counterargument. Six multiple choice questions are provided on this assessment.
Interactive
Quizlet

Quizlet: Elements of an Argument Match

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Argument terms are included in this review "Match" game. Questions are provided for the following words in this review exercise. for the following words: argument, claim, support, reasons, evidence, and counterargument.
Activity
Quizlet

Quizlet: Elements of an Argument Learn

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
In this activity, students will type the argument term associated with each definition or example. When given a definition or an example, students will practice identifying the following terms: argument, claim, support, reasons,...
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Quizlet

Quizlet: Elements of an Argument Flashcards

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
Argument essay terms are included in this review exercise. Interactive vocabulary flashcards are provided for the following words: argument, claim, support, reasons, evidence, and counterargument.
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Quizlet

Quizlet: Claim, Evidence and Reasoning Test

For Students 6th - 8th
Informational report terms are included in this assessment. This test assesses the following text feature terms: evidence, claim, qualitative evidence, quantitative evidence, and reasoning. Images of the terms are included alongside the...
Interactive
Quizlet

Quizlet: Claim, Evidence and Reasoning Match

For Students 6th - 8th
Informational report terms are included in this review "Match" game. Questions are provided for the following words: evidence, claim, qualitative evidence, quantitative evidence, and reasoning..
Activity
Quizlet

Quizlet: Claim, Evidence and Reasoning Learn

For Students 6th - 8th
In this activity, students will type an informational report term. When given a definition or an example, students will practice identifying the following terms: evidence, claim, qualitative evidence, quantitative evidence, and...
Activity
Quizlet

Quizlet: Claim, Evidence and Reasoning Flashcards

For Students 6th - 8th
Argument terms are included in this review exercise. Flashcards are provided for the following words: evidence, claim, qualitative evidence, quantitative evidence, and reasoning. Images of each of these terms are also included.
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Education.com

Education.com: W.3.1 Worksheets: Write Opinion Pieces on Topics or Texts

For Students 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Links to 24 worksheets and graphic organizers that can be downloaded and printed. Each worksheet focuses on skills highlighted in standard W.3.1: Write

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