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Argument Outline Worksheet: Homelessness Debate & Reasoning
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What It Is:
This is a worksheet designed to help students outline a position or argument. It prompts them to state a claim regarding whether a community should assist homeless people, providing a space to choose 'should' or 'should not.' The worksheet then provides a two-column table where students can record supporting information (facts, statistics, reasons, descriptions) and label the text structure being used. Finally, it asks them to rephrase their claim using 'Therefore,' as a transition.
Grade Level Suitability:
This worksheet is suitable for grades 6-10. The task of forming and supporting an argument, identifying text structures, and rephrasing a claim requires critical thinking and writing skills typically developed in middle and high school.
Why Use It:
This worksheet helps students develop critical thinking, argumentation, and writing skills. It provides a structured framework for organizing thoughts, supporting claims with evidence, and understanding text structure. It encourages students to form and defend an opinion on a social issue.
How to Use It:
First, have the student fill in the claim statement at the top, choosing either 'should' or 'should not.' Next, guide them to research and gather information to support their claim. They should then record this information in the left-hand column. In the right-hand column, they should identify the text structure used in each piece of supporting information (e.g., cause and effect, compare and contrast). Finally, they should rephrase their initial claim using the word 'Therefore' as a transition.
Target Users:
This worksheet is ideal for middle and high school students learning about argumentation, persuasive writing, and critical thinking. It can be used in English language arts, social studies, or debate classes.
This is a worksheet designed to help students outline a position or argument. It prompts them to state a claim regarding whether a community should assist homeless people, providing a space to choose 'should' or 'should not.' The worksheet then provides a two-column table where students can record supporting information (facts, statistics, reasons, descriptions) and label the text structure being used. Finally, it asks them to rephrase their claim using 'Therefore,' as a transition.
Grade Level Suitability:
This worksheet is suitable for grades 6-10. The task of forming and supporting an argument, identifying text structures, and rephrasing a claim requires critical thinking and writing skills typically developed in middle and high school.
Why Use It:
This worksheet helps students develop critical thinking, argumentation, and writing skills. It provides a structured framework for organizing thoughts, supporting claims with evidence, and understanding text structure. It encourages students to form and defend an opinion on a social issue.
How to Use It:
First, have the student fill in the claim statement at the top, choosing either 'should' or 'should not.' Next, guide them to research and gather information to support their claim. They should then record this information in the left-hand column. In the right-hand column, they should identify the text structure used in each piece of supporting information (e.g., cause and effect, compare and contrast). Finally, they should rephrase their initial claim using the word 'Therefore' as a transition.
Target Users:
This worksheet is ideal for middle and high school students learning about argumentation, persuasive writing, and critical thinking. It can be used in English language arts, social studies, or debate classes.
