Teaching argumentative writing in your middle school ELA class is now broken down step-by-step in a scaffolded and differentiated argumentative writing unit. This unit includes 23 done-for-you lesson plans and daily teacher lesson slide presentations with all content and examples broken down. 

Each lesson is quick and easy to set up and I have done ALL the work for you. You could even leave these lesson plans for subs. Look at your daily lesson plans and pull up the accompanying teacher slides and you have everything you need. 

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NOTE: The digital student notebook will be complete by March 24, 2023. 

Here's what's included:

• Argumentative Writing Unit: 23 Lesson Plans
• 22 teacher slide presentations to accompany each lesson (print and digital) 
• Daily Lesson Plan pacing guides, prep breakdown, and nonfiction articles information 
• Printable and digital argumentative reference pages for students
• Digital argumentative student writing notebooks
• Editable argumentative grading rubrics

Your students will actually learn how to craft arguments for debates and in writing through each of the lessons by giving them an issue, an essential question, and two positions to choose from. 

The lessons build up in difficulty to eventually have students write a full-on argumentative essay. 

The unit starts with students learning all about collecting, sorting, and ranking evidence and then they move on to participating in debates with their classmates in partnership and/or whole class scenarios. 

Students take their notes and information from the debates and turn them into flash-draft position papers. 

In between debates and writing you will use the teaching presentation to teach students specific argumentative writing concepts like checking for credible sources, blending quotes, thesis statements, counterclaims, relevant evidence and logical reasons, transition words, and more. 

Each lesson plan and set of teaching slides are broken down step-by-step for teachers and each example is broken down with explanations for students.

Prep is quick and easy... Just print the student pages, gather the materials listed, review the lesson plans, display the teaching slides, teach the lesson, and you're ready for middle schoolers who can think, discuss, and write critically about real-life issues.

The 23 lesson plans are:

1. Argumentative Lesson Day One: Collecting, Sorting, and Ranking Evidence
2. Argumentative Lesson Day Two: Debate One- Taking a Position
3. Argumentative Lesson Day Three: Argumentative Flash Draft One
4. ArgumentativeLesson Day Four: Debate Two- Switching Your Position
5. Argumentative Lesson Day Five: Elements of an Argumentative Paper
6. Argumentative Lesson Day Six: Argumentative Flash Draft Two
7. ArgumentativeLesson Day Seven: The Counter Argument
8. Argumentative Lesson Day Eight: Debate Three- Taking a Position
9. Argumentative Lesson Day Nine: Credible Sources- Learning + Practice
10. Argumentative Lesson Day Ten: Argumentative Flash Draft Three + Thesis Statements
11. ArgumentativeLesson Day Eleven: Logical Reasoning and Relevant Evidence
12. Argumentative Lesson Day Twelve: Debate Four- Taking a Position
13. ArgumentativeLesson Day Thirteen: Argumentative Flash Draft Four
14. Argumentative Lesson Day Fourteen: Outlining an Essay- Claims and Curating Credible Sources
15. Argumentative Lesson Day Fifteen: Outlining an Essay- Thesis Statements + Organizing Reasons and Evidence Logically
16. Argumentative Lesson Day Sixteen: Argumentative Essay Introductions + Demonstrating Understanding
17. Argumentative Lesson Day Seventeen: Argumentative Essay Body Paragraphs + Transitions Mini-Lesson
18. Argumentative Lesson Day Eighteen: Argumentative Essay Drafts- Blending Quote + Clarifying Relationships Between Claims + Reasons + Evidence Mini-Lesson
19. Argumentative Lesson Day Nineteen: Argumentative Essay Drafts- Counter Argument Mini-Lesson
20. Argumentative Lesson Day Twenty: Argumentative Essay Conclusions
21. Argumentative Lesson Day Twenty-One: Editing vs. Revising
22. Argumentative Lesson Day Twenty-Two: Publishing Final Drafts
23. Argumentative Lesson Day Twenty-Three: Writing Celebration!

The explicit argumentative concepts taught are:

1. Author's Purpose
2. Crafting an Argument 
3. Elements of Argumentative Writing
4. Thesis Statements
5. Counterclaims
6. Credible Sources
7. Logical Reasons
8. Relevant Evidence
9. Transition Words
10. Blending Quotes
11. MLA Formatting
12. Editing vs. Revising