Argument Writing Should Students Use Planners

Print the page and read the directions with your child: Plan your argument in the boxes. Then write your opening paragraph on the lines. Afterward, talk about what they wrote or drew.

An argument organizer on the topic Should every middle school student use a planner? It has boxes for the claim, two reasons with evidence, a counterclaim, a rebuttal and a conclusion, then lines for an opening paragraph. The directions on the page read: Plan your argument in the boxes. Then write your opening paragraph on the lines.

Yes, both. We made it for 6th Grade opinion writing, and the page works the same whether it lands on a kitchen table or a center rotation. At home, most families go through it together and talk the answers out loud, and that talking is where most of the learning happens with argument writing. In class it runs well as independent work while you pull a small group. Print one copy or thirty, whichever the day needs.

An argument essay has a claim, reasons, evidence for each reason, an answer to the other side and a conclusion. Plan an Argument About Longer Recess plans all five paragraphs, one box per paragraph.

Relevant evidence is a fact or example that directly supports the claim. Choose Relevant Evidence gives 5 pieces of evidence for each of 3 claims, and students check the 2 that fit best and explain why.

Linking Words for Arguments sorts 12 words by job: reasons like because, results like therefore, examples like for instance and the other side like although.