Great CCSS Lesson-Planning Resource

Hey guys!

I’m adding this EDSITEMENT site to the links on left-hand side of the blog.

Click here to see all the lesson plans, all including guiding questions (some “big ideas”) and designed with the standards in mind (sometimes even pairing/connecting informational text, paintings, literature, etc . .. ) When the page comes up, you can select the 9-12 box to filter for just those lesson plans that suit our grade levels.

I’m really excited about this one!! 🙂

Here’s a teaser:

Argument Resources

We’re always talking about bringing what we do in the classroom to a real-world environment.  There is a great opportunity for us to do this with the Argument unit and the New York Times, which is running a student contest:  Student Contest: Write an Editorial on an Issue that Matters to You. Submissions are due March 17th.

Other argument resources from the New York Times’s Learning Network:

For the Sake of Argument: Writing Persuasively to Craft Short, Evidence-Based Editorials

• While our argument assignments ask for an exploration of both sides, this lesson plan (complete with graphic organizers and a video on what makes a good editorial) might be good practice or a good stepping-stone on the way to the final argument paper.  Great practice for evidence-based arguments!

Skills Practice: Persuading an Audience Using Logos, Pathos, and Ethos

• Includes an explanation of rhetorical devices and sample editorials that might interest students.

Skills Practice: Making Arguments Through Art

• Another way to let students think about, understand, and create arguments.

200 Prompts for Argumentative Writing

From Two Writing Teachers: Mentor Text Thursday: Editorials

You also have a variety of resources in two books in the book room: Everything’s an Argument and Models for Writers.

Do you have any great resources for argument?  Feel free to leave links to them in the comment section to share!