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Writing Argument

"There is another way to regard the Common Core standards, with their recognition of argumentative writing as a central strand comparable to reading in the teaching of English language arts. These standards offer an opportunity to rethink what counts within the high-stakes environment in which schools and teachers now function."
    —George E. Newell, Jennifer VanDerHeide, Allison Wynhoff Olsen, and the Argumentative Writing Project Team





May/June 2007

Unconventional Conventions: Teaching Grammar and Mechanics

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CONTENTS
Understanding the Core: Writing Argument
by Carol Brown Dodson
 
Feature
Learning from (and with) Expert Teachers of Argumentative Writing
by George E. Newell, Jennifer VanDerHeide, Allison Wynhoff Olsen, and the Argumentative Writing Project Team
 
Vignettes
Both Sides of the Coin: The Challenge of Teaching Argument
by Kasey Dunlap
 
Teaching Argumentative Writing: Argumentative Inquiry as the Basis of Good Literary Analysis
by Julie Horger
 
Teaching Middle School Students to Write an Argument
by Laura Adkins
 
For Your Bookshelf
Books by Hillocks; Smagorinsky, Johannessen, Kahn, and McCann; Gallagher; and Calkins, Ehrenworth, and Lehman
by Carol Brown Dodson
 
From the ORC Collection
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