University of Sydney (Australia)
University of Sydney: Module 3 Unit 1: Planning Your Essay
This unit index contains links with to guide students through the process of planning a multi-paragraph argumentative essay. Students will learn how to interpret the essay question, develop a writing plan, thesis, writing the argument,...
Education.com
Education.com: W.3.1 Worksheets: Write Opinion Pieces on Topics or Texts
[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
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: W.3.1: Write Opinion Pieces on Familiar Topics or Texts
Links to 37 lessons that focus on skills within third grade reading standard W.3.1.
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Better Lesson: W.3.1a: Introduce the Topic or Text They Are Writing About
Links to 12 lessons and activities that build student skills in standard W.3.1a: Introduce the topic or text they are writing about, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure that lists reasons.
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Education.com: W.3.1.a Worksheets: Introduce the Topic or Text They Are Writing
[Free Registration/Login Required] A site with links to 21 worksheets that can be downloaded and printed for student use while building skills with standard W.3.1.A: Introduce the topic or text they are writing about, state an opinion,...
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Better Lesson: W.3.1d: Provide a Concluding Statement or Section
Links to 11 lessons and activities that build student skills in standard W.3.1d: Provide a concluding statement or section.
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Education.com: W.3.1.d Worksheets: Provide a Concluding Statement or Section
[Free Registration/Login Required] A site with links to 12 worksheets that can be downloaded and printed for student use while building skills with standard W.3.1.B: Provide a concluding statement or section.
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Better Lesson: W.3.1b: Provide Reasons That Support the Opinion
Links to 27 lessons and activities that build student skills in standard W.3.1b: Provide reasons that support the opinion.
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Education.com: W.3.1.b Worksheets: Provide Reasons That Support the Opinion
[Free Registration/Login Required] A site with links to 17 worksheets that can be downloaded and printed for student use while building skills with standard W.3.1.B: Provide reasons that support the opinion.
Education.com
Education.com: W.4.1 Worksheets: Write Opinion Pieces on Topics or Texts
[Free Registration/Login Required] A site with links to 29 worksheets that can be downloaded and printed for student use while building skills with standard W.4.1: Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: 4.1: Persuasive Essay
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Learn to write a persuasive essay by organizing arguments in a logical order, providing appropriate supporting details, clarifying main arguments, and identifying...
CommonLit
Common Lit: Units: 8th Grade Argumentative Writing Unit: Improving Society
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...
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Argumentative Writing
An explanation of an argumentative essay, its structure, and a complete argument.
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Creating a Thesis Statement
Discover tips for writing thesis statements for analytical, expository and argumentative writing.
South Carolina Educational Television
Know It All: Opinion Writing
Third graders will be able to form an opinion piece concerning one of their classmate's character traits and give reasons to support that opinion.
Other
Study.com: Parts of an Argument: Claims, Counterclaims, Reasons, and Evidence
This instructional activity explains the parts of an argument essay. [To unlock this instructional activity you must be a Study.com Member.]
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Application: Teenage Brain
Ninth graders use their knowledge of the teenage brain to answer the culminating task question in an argumentative written response.
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Application: Teenage Brain: Review Argumentative Claims
Review argumentative claims in preparation for a discussion about age-restricted privileges.
Other
Park View Middle School: Mrs. Marro Sports Argument Writing
Numerous resources are provided to support the instruction of the argument essay.
TES Global
Blendspace: Persuasive Writing
Work through nine links to videos, images, and graphic organizers to learn about persuasive writing.
TES Global
Blendspace: 2014, Term1 Writing Expositions Week 3
A four-part learning module with links to images, a website, and a video explaining how to write an argumentative piece.
TES Global
Blendspace: Argument Writing: Homework
A learning module with links to eight websites to use while writing an argumentative essay on how beneficial homework is.
TES Global
Blendspace: Argumentative Writing
A five-part learning module with links to websites, videos, and a text about writing an argumentative text.
Grammarly
Grammarly Handbook: Answering the Opposition in a Persuasive Essay
This page explains when and how to answer the opposing claims in a persuasive essay.