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Argumentative Letter Argument Writing
My Notes
Discuss the ideas that you brainstormed with your partner or group. Use the sentence frames that follow to help you in your discussion. Remember to take turns sharing your ideas and asking questions. After your discussion, draw a star next to the idea you choose to write about.
Our school would be better if wehada .
To make our community safer, I would argue for a .
Who would I write to in order to change the way ?
I might write to persuade the president that .
Now try a Quickwrite on the idea you have chosen. Write an opening paragraph for your letter, and read it to a partner. Ask your partner if he or she has any ideas about how you might change the opening.
Step 3: Prewriting
Working with a partner, share the writing ideas you have chosen. Explore your topics together, making suggestions to each other. After you decide on the claim you will make, talk about your reasons for making this claim. Also discuss what evidence you might use to support your reasons. As you talk, jot down any ideas you get for your letter.
In my letter I plan to claim that .
One reason for my claim is .
What is your second reason?
One example of evidence I could use is .
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