Scott Dills

This activity/presentation is adaptable for analyzing any well-written argumentative essay. I used this activity to introduce an exemplary student model of argument writing. The writing piece I presented was a 7th-grade argumentative student exemplar from Lucy Calkins' Writing Pathways text that focused on banning football from schools. Each day I presented one focus of argument writing. It took me 12-15 minutes to teach each day. In one week, I was able to cover several aspects of argument wr

This handout is customizable. I use it in conjunction with our Argumentative Writing unit and the Analyzing an Argumentative Essay Warm-up activity on my TPT page. It's a list of some of my favorite hook strategies, defined and with examples. **Note: I steer my kiddos away from using the rhetorical question because as 8th graders they should strive for more complexity and thought.