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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Argumentative Essays

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This tutorial focuses on argumentative essays, longer writings on a well-researched topic with the writer arguing one side of the topic, free of fallacies, and providing several claims. A short YouTube clip of Monty Python shows the...
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Harvard University

Harvard University: Strategies for Essay Writing

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This website provides a series of links to detailed information about each segment of how to write an academic essay from how to read the assignment to the final edits. Use the links to the right. W.9-10.1a claims/intro/org, W.9-10.2a...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Units: 8th Grade Argumentative Writing Unit: Improving Society

For Teachers 8th Standards
Complete teaching unit for 8th Grade Argumentative Writing Unit: "Improving Society." Students will read six texts about problems in society. Throughout the unit, 8th graders will gather information from their readings in a graphic...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Rhetorical Landscape: Persuasive Writing

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on how to write a persuasive or argumenatative essay. It provides links to a "Persuasive Support" handout, a 7-page PDF on "Writing the Persuasive Essay," and Purdue Owl's "Argumentative Essays."
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Contemporary Issues: Persuasive Writing

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on persuasive writing including what it is and is not and the components of persuasive writing. It features links to guides including Purdue Owl: "Logic in Argumentative Writing" and Study Guides and Strategies:...
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Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Body Paragraphs

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This Purdue University OWL (Online Writing Lab) provides information related to writing body paragraphs for argumentative essays.
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Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Organizing Your Argument Presentation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This Purdue University OWL (Online Writing Lab) explains how to organize information for an argumentative essay.
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Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Organizing Your Argument

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This Purdue University OWL (Online Writing Lab) explains how to organize information in an argumentative essay. Several examples are provided to show how each piece of evidence is elaborated.
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Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Rebuttal Sections

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This Purdue University OWL (Online Writing Lab) provides information related to writing an argumentative essay. This guide explains to develop the rebuttals section.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Thesis and Support in the Persuasive Essay (English I Writing)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] A learning module that teaches students about thesis statements and supporting details in an argumentative essay in five mini-lessons: Introduction, Choosing a Topic,...
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Argumentative Papers: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson introduces argumentative papers. It is 1 of 3 in the series titled "Argumentative Papers."
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: 10th Lit/comp

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Contains learning modules on the following topics: Research and MLA Foundations, Novels and Short Stories, Poetry: the Sonnet, Shakespearean Drama, Informative and Argumentative Essays,Research and MLA Review, Narrative Nonfiction,...
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TES Global

Blendspace: Argumentative Writing

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
A five-part learning module with links to websites, videos, and a text about writing an argumentative text.
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Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: English Language Arts, Grade 9: Fahrenheit 451

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students explore the power of written language to educate and influence others. They read various argumentative essays and engage in virtual collaboration to develop their own arguments. They also research a self-generated question...
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TES Global

Blendspace: Argument Writing: Homework

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
A learning module with links to eight websites to use while writing an argumentative essay on how beneficial homework is.
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Boise State University

Paradigm Online Writing Assistant

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This online writing assistance offers help in the writing process, grammar and mechanics, usage, and four different types of essays, as well as help on deciding what and how to document.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: The Writing Process: Generate Ideas and Questions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] A learning module that teaches students how to generate ideas and questions as a part of the writing process in five mini-lessons: Introduction, Writing the Persuasive Essay:...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: The Writing Center: Thesis Statements [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a five-page PDF handout on how to write strong thesis statements for argumentative essays with examples.
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Texas Education Agency

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

For Students 9th - 10th
You will be able to write an essay including counter-arguments that anticipate objections.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Abraham Lincoln: A Good Man? Or a Good Man!

For Students 9th - 10th
In this lesson, students use video from American Masters: Bill T. Jones: A Good Man along with primary sources to investigate the life of Lincoln and write a one page argument essay on whether Lincoln was "a good man."
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Deciding Your City's Energy Future

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners learn about fossil fuels and renewable energy sources to help them decide which type of energy should be used to power a city's electric grid in the coming decades.
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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...
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New Zealand Ministry of Education

Nz Ministry of Education: As Far as the Eye Can See

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
View a variety of television advertisements analyzing visual and verbal features and how these are combined to communicate ideas. Write a coherent essay which expresses and argues a viewpoint about a chosen marketing strategy, linking...
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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.

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