A rebuttal answers the counterclaim and shows why the claim is still right. Counterclaim and Rebuttal starts each one with "However".

How is a rebuttal paragraph organized?

Plan a Rebuttal Paragraph uses five steps: write the claim, state the other side, give its best reason, answer it with evidence and restate the claim in new words.

6th Grade Writing Counter Arguments Worksheets

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Written by Adi Ackerman, Head Teacher

A counterclaim gives the other side of an argument, and a rebuttal answers it. This page holds 2 worksheets for 6th grade, each with an answer key. Counterclaim and Rebuttal finishes both parts for 4 claims, from longer recess to field trips, and Plan a Rebuttal Paragraph builds a five-step paragraph on whether video games should count as a sport. Both sheets carry W.6.1.

6th Grade Grammar & Writing Opinion Writing Writing counter arguments Clear All

Counterclaim and Rebuttal

Grade6th Grade

TopicOpinion Writing

Plan a Rebuttal Paragraph

Grade6th Grade

TopicOpinion Writing

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A counterclaim tells what someone who disagrees would say. On these sheets it begins with the starter "Some people think".

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