Dry. Proscriptive. Wordy. Jargony. Boring. Many words have been used to describe scientific writing, very few of which would excite a reader to take a closer look into the contents of a paper. With ...

Drafting an argumentative thesis can be challenging, even for the most skilled historians. A strong thesis statement introduces your readers to the main points of an essay, lends your writing a ...

zip, 2.8 MB jpg, 335.15 KB jpg, 534.68 KB jpg, 468.08 KB jpg, 337.31 KB Students analyze model argumentative essays to understand structure (introduction, body, conclusion). They create outlines and ...

The new “question-of-the-week” is: How do we teach ELLs formal language and how to write argument essays for the CCSS? The number of English Language Learners in our schools is growing and, at the ...

While teaching argumentative writing to her college English class, Lauren John learns a thing or two herself. With the fall college semester in full swing online, students in my Zoom-based writing ...

AA: I'm Avi Arditti and this week on WORDMASTER: what a teacher and a student have to say about writing a persuasive essay. DANNY SHEFFIELD: "My name is Danny Sheffield and I teach in Bentonville, ...

At the beginning of WR 112, students need to write a formal, argument-driven academic essay on one of the short, anthologized essays that have been assigned. (Consult the sidebar here for notes on the ...

zip, 2.76 MB jpg, 335.15 KB jpg, 563.28 KB jpg, 482.15 KB jpg, 340.92 KB Students explore the foundations of argumentative writing by learning how to identify and evaluate claims, reasons, and ...

A paragraph is a collection of related sentences dealing with a single topic. This handout breaks the paragraph down into its conceptual and structural components. The conceptual components — ...