Argumentation Station

The counterargument can be the toughest part of developing an argument. This scaffold helps remind students of what they need to look for and include in the counterargument piece of a good persuasive essay.

This product walks the student through the process of creating a claim. There are meta-cognition questions for students to ask themselves each step of the way as they clarify their thinking.

This is a pdf copy of my book Argumentation in Education: Putting Argument to Work in Your Classroom. This sis a how-to book for those who may not know how to implement argumentation in their own classrooms. The book is currently for sale on Amazon and other outlets for $19.95 in paperback form...but for my teacher friends I have a copy for you for less! In this book I delve in to the theoretical and practical basis for using Argumentation to promote critical thinking. I also take you through

This graphic organizer works to help students all the way through the argument process. There are questions in each phase to help students develop their ideas fully.

The rebuttal organizer helps students to more succinctly render the ideas of a counterargument useless. The final piece of the argument is in the rebuttal.

This mnemonic device powerpoint is designed to help students remember what the parts of a quality argument are and remember what goes in to each piece.

Reasoning is one of the biggest pieces of a properly constructed argument. Students seem to always cut corners here or leave it our completely! This graphic organizer has students develop the connections between their evidence and their claim.

This is a complete chart designed to explain what each phase of an argument is asking for and question the students in order to help them develop their ideas in each stage of their argument construction. This is the most complete graphic organizer for students to use.

This graphic organizer helps students to clarify their evidence and assure that there is enough evidence to support their claim.