Argumentative Writing

1.  http://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1001&context=coe_ted      (Applying Toulmin:  Teaching Logical Reasoning and Argumentative Writing; Middle and High)   

2.  http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/20468389?uid=3739616&uid=2129&uid=2&uid=70&uid=4&uid=3739256&sid=21102423909701  (Read article online free.  Learning Argument Practices Through Online Role-Play:  Toward a Rhetoric of Significance and Transformation in Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy March 2009

3.  http://teaching.berkeley.edu/teaching-argumentative-writing  (Teaching Argumentative Writing; middle and high; note the links on the left)

4.  http://www.cdtl.nus.edu.sg/success/sl29.htm  (Constructing the Argumentative Essay; middle and high)

5.  http://www.roanestate.edu/owl/Argument.html  (discusses the differences between persuasive and argumentation)

6.  http://www.buowl.boun.edu.tr/students/types%20of%20essays/argumentative/ARGUMENTATIVE.htm  (Framework for writing an argumentative essay; middle and high)

7.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt_2jI010WU&list=UUF0pa3nE3aZAfBMT8pqM5PA&index=7&feature=plcp  (video on writing to inform and make arguments; Susan Pimentel)

8.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Zzwr09gHs0  (video on thesis statements)

9.  http://ifl.lrdc.pitt.edu/ifl/index.php/blog/index/the_ccss_and_science_writing_what_science_teachers_should_care_about  (Blog entry about Common Core Literacy Standards and Science Teachers)

10. http://www.doe.k12.de.us/infosuites/staff/ci/content_areas/files/ela/WritingSecondaryPPTF.pdf (PowerPoint; middle and high teachers)

11. http://www.doe.k12.de.us/infosuites/staff/ci/content_areas/ela_write_rubric.shtml  (Resources, rubrics for all grade levels)

12. http://www.sccresa.org/toolsforschools/commoncore/  (Under professional learning resources, open the PowerPoint - A Focus on Writing)

13.  http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/13/constructing-arguments-room-for-debate-and-the-common-core-standards/?_r=0  (Constructing Arguments - info in The New York Times)

14.  http://www.essaywritinghelp.com/argumentative.htm  (framework on writing an argumentative essay; middle and high)

15.  http://www.englishbiz.co.uk/mainguides/persuade.htm  (differences between persuasion and argument)

16.  http://www.ltn.lv/~markir/essaywriting/frntpage.htm  (writing argumentative essays; middle and high)

17.  http://sitemaker.umich.edu/argument/what_are_we_teaching_and_why_

18.  http://rpdp.net/files/ccss/ELA/ELA_9-10_Curr_Res/Writing%209-10/Writing%20Standard%201%20(9-10).pdf  (Convince Me:  An Introduction to Argumentative Writing; high but middle could use)

19.  http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/05/common-core-practice-narrative-argumentative-and-informative-writing-about-baseball/  (Lesson plan ideas using baseball)

20.  http://www.ride.ri.gov/InstructionAssessment/Literacy/CommonCoreStateStandardsforELALiteracy.aspx  (several resources that will be helpful especially for academic coaches or for teachers who may be asked to lead professional learning sessions)

21.  http://catlintucker.com/2013/08/common-core-teaching-argument-informational-paragraph-writing/  (blog post; comparison between argumentative paragraph and informative paragraph)