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Persuasion Map

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The Persuasion Map is an interactive graphic organizer that enables students to map out their arguments for a persuasive essay or debate. Students begin by determining their goal or thesis. They then identify three reasons to support their argument, and three facts or examples to validate each reason. The map graphic in the upper right-hand corner allows students to move around the map, instead of having to work in a linear fashion. The finished map can be saved, e-mailed, or printed.

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Persuasive Writing Graphic Organizers

These free persuasive writing graphic organizers will help your fourth, fifth and sixth grade writers plan their writing during writing workshop.

You can use these persuasive writing graphic organizers to help your students organize and plan their writing.

These eight printable pages will help you in planning for student writing.

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Using graphic organizers during writing workshop

Looking for new pages to help your students plan their writing? These are a great place to start!

These graphic organizers are designed to help your students organize their thoughts and research.

Beginning a writing piece by completing one of these pages will make the writing process a little bit easier for your students.

Use these graphic organizers to get started with their opinion writing.  Choose the one that fits the given task or the one that meets the needs of each student.

There are a variety of pages for you to choose from. You can either pick the organizer that fits the writing process your students will be using or let students choose.

Sometimes the choice is key to motivating writers. Other times, it can be helpful to plan your instruction around a specific organizer. Do what you believe will be the best fit for your class!

About these persuasive writing graphic organizers

This collection contains eight pages.

Along with a spot for students to identify their topic and then opinion of the topic, there are places for students to begin their planning.

Students will share their reasons for their opinions on some pages.

Part of persuasive writing is citing evidence to support student opinions. Encourage students to add notes about what their research teaches them.

One of the provided pages can be used for students creating a longer research pieces. Look for the organizer that says page#: at the top right. Students can use one page for each paragraph they are planning. Along with sharing their reason, they will record three pieces of evidence to support their opinion.

You might choose to also add one of the two provided conclusion organizers to student planning.

You can download this complete set of graphic organizers for writing here:

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Debate Graphic Organizer (Free Printables)

Help students keep track of their ideas during argumentative writing or debate lessons.

One of the fastest ways to get students engaged and talking in class is by asking them to discuss and defend their opinions on a topic they care about. Some of my favorite teaching memories are of passionate classroom discussions where the students debated and defended positions they had taken on novels we were reading in class or real-life issues that mattered to them. The discussions only improved if they had first organized the support for their ideas with a debate graphic organizer. To that end, we’ve created organizers that can work at any grade level. They’re a perfect tool to help your students practice their argumentative writing or debate skills.

Take a look at the debate graphic organizer

This organizer is perfect for our young students just beginning to practice argumentative/opinion writing or debate. It asks students to provide their reasons for their opinions and prompts them to support their ideas with evidence. The organizer introduces concepts like rebuttals and counterarguments in an easy-to-understand way that’s perfect for elementary students.

Middle and High School

The debate graphic organizer for middle school and high school keep the same format, asking students to take a position and provide support and evidence for that position, but they introduce important vocabulary like “rebuttal” and “counterargument.” The organizers are clean and simple, ensuring that all students will feel comfortable using this tool.

Debate Rules

This printout is so helpful when your class is just beginning to learn how to have class discussions/debates or even if they’re seasoned experts but need a little refresher of the expectations and procedures. It can be displayed in the classroom or passed out to each student so everyone has a copy.

Debate/Discussion Strategies

There are so many ways to get our students practicing their argument/debate skills. Fish bowls, Socratic seminars, silent debates, and think-pair-shares are just a few of the methods we can use in our classroom to hold meaningful conversations. This printable breaks these strategies down into levels, making it easy for you to find the right level of discussion for your class. Just starting with classroom debate? Try out a four-corner activity. Have a classroom of students ready for a full-scale debate? Set up a Socratic seminar and get ready to watch them go!

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Argumentative Writing - Basic, Intermediate & Advanced Outlines

All three can be used in the same class--with either you assigning different organizers to different students per their needs, or students choosing an outline for themselves. Use these as a checkpoint in writing, or as an assessment for student understanding of each argumentative element.

Basic Outline: Use this essay outline template for students who either do not need much support in writing a comprehensive argumentative essay and need only to jot down ideas, or students who should just focus on Claim-Reason-Evidence for this round as a scaffolded step. The claim should be an opinion or something that other people could reasonably disagree with. Reasons should each be different ideas that supports their claim, and evidence should be facts -- either found through research or commonly known.

Intermediate Outline: This outline is similar to the Basic outline, but pushes students to explain what their evidence proves or suggests (reasoning). It also pushes them one step further to preview their points in their claim. Use this outline for students who need to organize their thinking and improve flow in their argument, or for students to brainstorm and outline their essay. It can also be used for ELL students, as the sentence stems can be very helpful in constructing their sentences. This outline is also especially useful for students who are struggling to add reasoning to their writing.

Advanced Outline: This is an outline for more advanced students who could benefit from the push to add more evidence for each reason and more thoroughly explain how their evidence supports their claim. It also includes a paragraph for the counterargument, which you could have students teach themselves from this outline or include as part of your counterargument lesson.

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Argumentative Essay Writing with Free Graphic Organizer and Checklist

Published: April 23, 2018

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This free resource is designed to help learn about writing an argumentative or persuasive essay and comes with a graphic organizer and writing checklist. The graphic organizers with writing checklists help students organize a five paragraph essay, with reminders to introduce a thesis statement, provide facts and examples, and introduce a counterclaim. Remember, to teach your kids not to argue but to write a persuasive argument instead. 

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