Argumentative Outline

Forget giving an outline for students to mindlessly plug and chug. This CCSS-aligned lesson takes teaching organization one step further.

This lesson begins with students annotating mentor texts for where they find claim, evidence, and reasoning, and then creating a plan for how they’d like to organize their own.

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**Note**

This lesson is included in the following bundles at a discounted price:

• Brainstorming and Outlining Bundle (for Argumentative Writing)
• Organization and Structure Bundle (for Argumentative Writing)
• Full Argumentative Writing Unit Plan

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The lesson is fully differentiate-able, with the option of having students design their own outline, use an advanced outline with extensive analysis, or use a basic, 5-paragraph outline--none of which they begin until after analyzing organization in example texts.

Rather than the 5-paragraph outline band-aid approach, it is a lesson that lets students examine the strategy in organization so that they can take charge of it in their own writing.

Note: As a pre-requisite for this lesson, students should have a bit of argumentative writing on a topic, or at least some thoughts about a topic, ready to go. The purpose of this lesson is to help students think through designing their organization in a strategic way.

This lesson plan includes:

• Content standards
• Language standards
• 1 detailed lesson plan
• 3 editable handouts accompanying the lesson plan
• Power point slides for the lesson

**Note**

This lesson is included in the following bundles at a discounted price:

• Brainstorming and Outlining Bundle (for Argumentative Writing)
• Organization and Structure Bundle (for Argumentative Writing)
• Full Argumentative Writing Unit Plan

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You may also be interested in these other argumentative writing products:

Bundles:

• Revising, Editing, and Peer Feedback Pack (for Argumentative Writing)
• Research Lesson Bundle
• Full Argumentative Writing Unit Plan

Individual Lessons:

• Brainstorming a Choice Topic for Argumentative Writing
• Claims, Evidence, Reasoning Lesson Plan
• Counterargument Lesson Plan
• Editing Stations - Argumentative Writing
• Evaluating Reliable Sources
• Integrating Quotes Lesson
• Should You Quote or Paraphrase? Lesson Plan