What is the best way to compare and contrast viewpoints on the same topic? A persuasive writing unit plan addresses targeted skills, vocabulary, instructional strategies, and suggested resources that would be perfect for developing writers.

Concepts

reading, argumentative writing, persuasive arguments, Persuasive Writing

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Use various readers' and writers' workshops to target the skills covered
• Consider setting up stations throughout your classroom for the different parts of the writing process 

Classroom Considerations

• Refers to online Holt textbook, which some classrooms may not have access to
• Does not include lesson plans, but provides a breakdown of how the standards measure according to Bloom's taxonomy
  

Pros

• Includes links to helpful websites and lesson plans

Cons

Common Core

RL.6.1 RL.6.2 RL.6.4 RL.6.6 RI.6.1 RI.6.2 RI.6.4 RI.6.6 W.6.1.a W.6.2.a