Plan a Rebuttal Paragraph

Use Counterclaim and Rebuttal first so students practice both starters. Then move to Plan a Rebuttal Paragraph and have students turn their plan into a written paragraph.

Plan a 5-step rebuttal paragraph on whether video games should count as a sport. A rebuttal paragraph explains the other side fairly, then shows why your claim is still right. The directions on the page read: Read the topic. Fill in each box in order, from Step 1 to Step 5, to plan a rebuttal paragraph. Finish the sentence starters where they are given. An answer key is included.

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 writing counter arguments. In class it runs well as independent work while you pull a small group. Print one copy or thirty, whichever the day needs.

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

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

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.