Title:
Developing writers of argument : tools & rules that sharpen student reasoning : 20 ready-to-use lessons / Michael W. Smith, Jon-Philip Imbrenda ; foreword by Jim Burke.
Author:
Smith, Michael W. (Michael William), 1954- author.
Imbrenda, Jon-Philip, author.
Burke, Jim, 1961- writer of foreword.
Publication Information:
Thousand Oaks, California : Corwin Literacy, [2018]
©2018
Call Number:
LB1576 .S76 2018
Abstract:
This book shows the way, with ready-to-implement lessons that make argument writing topical and relevant. Students are first asked to form arguments about subjects that matter to them, and then to reflect on the structure of those arguments, a process that provides learners with valuable, reusable structural models.
ISBN:
9781506354330
Physical Description:
xi, 165 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
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Contents:
Introduction -- A classroom culture of argumentation -- Our instructional approach -- Everyday arguments -- Practicing three elements of argument -- Applying what they've learned about argument to texts -- Putting it all together: applying argument to life choices -- How to use this book.
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