Looking for Evidence (Argumentative)

• Sentence Frames
  • Video from the Teaching Channel
  • Best Practices for ELLs
  • The Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) list of Transitional Words and Phrases
• Smekens Education Solutions Argument vs. Persuasion Article and T-chart
• Sarah McLachlan Animal Cruelty Video
• Mind Mapping
  • Student Example: Murder Mystery Mind Map (Mindmeister)
  • Mind42.com
  • Bubbl.us
  • iBrainstorm (iOS App)
  • Text 2 Mindmap

• Additional websites for argument topics
  • Room for Debate Blog
  • ProCon.org
  • Opposing Viewspoints in Context
  • NYTimes Learning Network: 200 Prompts for Argument Writing

• Student Examples
  • Collaborative Argument Writing Outline – Added and Revised 3/24/14
  • The Case of the Dead Musicians without counter-argument(From Hillocks book and slightly modified)