1. Session 4
Argument Paragraph

2. Teaching Points
Writers closely examine a prompt to ensure they understand what they are being asked to write.
To develop a debatable claim, writers must first study the evidence on the topic and ask, “What is this evidence telling me?” They free write to answer this question, research to further examine evidence, and then begin to generate ideas that may become the claim.

3. A GOOD Argument
A good argument begins with looking at the data that is likely to become the evidence in an argument and which gives rise to a thesis statement or major claim.
That is, the thesis statement arises from a question, which in turn rises from the examination of information or data of some sort.

4. Dissecting the Prompt
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Remember: Writers closely examine a prompt to ensure they understand what they are being asked to write.
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5. Argument Paragraph Pre-Writing
Rememeber: To develop a debatable claim, writers must first study the evidence on the topic and ask, “What is this evidence telling me?” They free write to answer this question, research to further examine evidence, and then begin to generate ideas that may become the claim.
Do page 34 on your own and on a SEPARATE sheet of paper

6. The Pros and Cons of Uniforms

7. Argument Paragraph Pre-Writing
Share: Share your debatable claim and your 3 most effective pieces of evidence with your table partner in preparation for completing the mini-task that follows.

8. Argument Paragraph Pre-Writing
Turn in: Submit a debatable claim with three pieces of evidence—at least one factual and one anecdotal.