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Argument Reasoning District
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Waterbury 6-8 ELA
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Teaching Argument Reasoning District Links:
Waterbury 6-8 ELA
Contact Info:
Dina Secchiaroli

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Welcome Educators!
This wiki will serve as a space to support your learning. Here you may find helpful links, resources, and articles.
Teaching Argument Reasoning District Links:
Contact Info:
Dina Secchiaroli

If students are going to make strong, effective arguments then we need to make as much space during class to teach them how to think through their claims and reasoning as we spend on how to write them. Here are some good links and documents that may help:
Chapter 1 of George Hillock's Jr's Teaching Argument Writing: 6-12: http://www.heinemann.com/shared/onlineresources/e01396/introandchapter1.pdf
Slip or Trip Student Handout {Slip or Trip.doc} (permission for educational use only)
Lunchroom Murder {lunchroom murder.doc} (permission for educational use only)