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Argument Writing Foldable:Includes Counterclaim and Explanation of

EvidenceMade for Interactive Notebooks

Common Core Aligned

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Thank you so much for your purchase! Included you will find a interactive notebook foldable that helps students organize information for an argument writing that is aligned to the Common Core State Standards. This foldable has students:● Write a claim.● Write a counterclaim.● Support their claim with evidence.● Explain why their evidence supports their claim.● Write a conclusion.● Includes tips and examples for students for

modeling claim and transition words.

The foldable is actually broken into two pieces for ease of writing.

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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.6.1 Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.6.1a Introduce claim(s) and organize the reasons and evidence clearly.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.6.1b Support claim(s) with clear reasons and relevant evidence, using credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic or text.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.6.1c Use words, phrases, and clauses to clarify the relationships among claim(s) and reasons.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.6.1d Establish and maintain a formal style.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.6.1e Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from the argument presented.

Standards Covered

Sent

ence

1: W

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Argument Writing Foldable

Sent

ence

2: W

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you

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aim

. Yo

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long

and

in

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ques

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our

pers

pect

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and

2 b

road

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sons

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this

way

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mili

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bec

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man

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ally

abl

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re w

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g to

do

the

job.

Sent

ence

4: W

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a s

ente

nce

that

in

trod

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son

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th

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are

phys

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Intro, Counterclaim, and Reason 1

Sent

ence

3: C

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aim

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how

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arg

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nd,

etc.

Sent

ence

6: E

xpla

in h

ow y

our

evid

ence

pr

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you

r cl

aim

.

Sent

ence

7: W

rite

a s

ente

nce

that

in

trod

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son

2 (i.

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in t

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are

will

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to d

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b.)

Argument Writing Foldable

Sent

ence

8: G

ive

evid

ence

to

supp

ort

this

re

ason

. Ev

iden

ce c

ould

be

a qu

ote

from

the

te

xt, e

xper

t te

stim

ony,

or

data

.

Sent

ence

9 :

Expl

ain

how

you

r ev

iden

ce

prov

es y

our

clai

m.

Sent

ence

10:

Wri

te a

sen

tenc

e th

at

para

phra

ses

your

cla

im.

Mak

e su

re y

ou

incl

ude

your

per

spec

tive

and

rea

sons

.

Reason 2 and Conclusion

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