Argumentative essay
Jennifer Gonzalez, a writing teacher, proposes seven steps to help students to write an argumentative essay. The objective of an argumentative essay is to try to convince your reader to think a certain way or to do a certain thing. Any piece of writing should have an introduction, a body which contains three main points in it, and a closure. Some students are afraid of the five paragraph essay: Step 1: What how it´s done: Students are given a mentor text: examples of excellent writing within the genre students are about to attempt themselves. Students read these texts, compare them, and find places where the authors used evidence to back up their assertions. Students are asked to notice things like stories, facts and statistics, and other things the authors use to develop their ideas. Step 2: Informal assessment, Freestyle: Students do some informal debate on easy, high-interest topics. The teacher reads a statement: students who agree with the statem...