How Do I Teach Argumentative Text?

Eva Mireles3rd grade teacher, 4th grade teacher, 5th grade teacher, The Reading Teacher's Playbook Podcast, Upper Elementary, Upper Elementary Teacher

How-Do-I-Teach-Argumentative-Text?

In this episode:

 You will walk away with clear steps for how to launch and teach your argumentative text unit.

I talk about:

I talk about the what, the why and the how of teaching your next fiction reading unit.

     1.The What- a type of persuasive text that presents one viewpoint and includes: claim, evidence, facts and opinions. 

  1. The Why- It is important to equip students with knowledge of the genre and tools for how to read it so that they can decide what they think for themselves.
  2. The How- I give you 4 main teaching points to zone in on in your next nonfiction reading unit. 

Quotables:

  • We live in a time when most people take to google to do their research about a topic. 
  • It is important to equip students with knowledge of the genre and tools for how to read it so that they can decide what they think for themselves.  
  • It is important to teach students how to decide if the text they read will inform or change their opinion.

Links to resources mentioned in the podcast:

Argumentative Text Reading Response

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