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The Special Place of Argument in the Standards
Theorist and critic Neil Postman (1997) calls argument the soul of an education because argument forces a writer to evaluate the strengths g gand weaknesses of multiple perspectives...
Students must think critically and deeply, assess the validity of their own thinking, and anticipate counterclaims in opposition to their own assertions.
- ELA CCSS, Appendix A, p. 24
Argument Writing: Defined
An argument is a reasoned, logical way of demonstrating that the ay o de o s a g a ewriter’s position, belief, or conclusion is valid.
- ELA CCSS, Appendix A, p 23.
Argument Writing: Purposes
• To change the reader’s point of view
• To bring about some action on the reader’s part
• To ask the reader to accept the writer’s explanation or evaluation of a concept, issue, or problem.
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Argument for: College Readiness
The value of argument is an integral part of college education.
Students are asked to read, do research, gather data, analyze it, think about it, and then communicate it to readers in a form that enables them to assess it and use it.
Argument for: Career Readiness
In an age of information, what most professionals do is research, think, and make arguments.
Part of the value of doing your own thinking and writing is that it makes you much better at evaluating the thinking and writing of others.
Argument for: Citizenship ReadinessThe goal is not victory but a good decision, one in which all arguers are at risk of needing to alter their views, one in which a participant takes seriously and fairly the viewsseriously and fairly the views different from his or her own.
Such skills are important for the literate, educated person living in the diverse, information-rich environment of the 21st century.
- Robert Fulkerson (1996) Teaching the Argument in Writing
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Argument Writing: Examples
• In the English/language arts classroom, students make claims about the worth or meaning of a literary work or works.
• Students defend their interpretations or judgments with evidence from the text(s) they are writing about.
Argument Writing: Examples
• In the history/social studies classroom, students analyze evidence from multiple primary and secondary sources toprimary and secondary sources to advance a claim that is best supported by the evidence, and they argue for a historical interpretation.
Argument Writing: Examples
• In the science classroom, students make claims in the form of statements or conclusions that answer questions orconclusions that answer questions or address problems.