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Proficient example of a grade 11 student's argumentative essay. Essay includes heading, title, paragraph format, and a works cited page with MLA citations. Student examples are great for whole-group instruction, modeling parts of the essay, and as resources during independent work time. This is one of my favorite istructional strategies to help students be successful! Hope the essay helps you and your students with your persuasive writing assignment(s).

This Article 1 & 2 activity could be used during: whole group instruction, guided groups, center work, or independent practice. I crafted each article myself, in order to the model the structure of opinion writing, including transitional phrases. I notice that my second graders struggle with identifying the opinion & the reasons of an author's text (distinguishing from their own). Once they have this down, then I teach how the examples are connected & match with the reasons, respectfully.

Here's an example of how to T-Chart a conversation you can have with your students about logical consequences, inside & outside the classroom. Since it's a doc, you can easily change it. ; ) -Cassandra