This workshop is one day, 5 hours (not including lunch). Teachers learn how to teach ways of organizing persuasive papers, developing a thesis that takes a stand, acknowledging the counter-arguments, and concluding with a call to action.
The day includes the following:
- Tenninology
- Models
- Large-group and small-group practice in thesis construction and body paragraph development
- Two approaches to addressing the counterargument
- Introduction and conclusion
high
middle
elementary