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Argumentative Mini-Lesson
Writing Conclusions
7th Grade ELA
March 23, 2015
Will allow teacher to see if the class grasps the concept of writing an effective
argumentative conclusion
Summative: At the end of the unit, students will write an argumentative essay about a topic they
care about. Conclusions of their essays should include all of the aspects of an argumentative
conclusion paragraph we talked about during the mini-lesson.
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Will allow teacher a formal and individual example of students work to determine if
they have achieved the goal of writing a strong conclusion to an argumentative essay.
After writing their own conclusions, students in groups will share each of their conclusions. This
will provide students with more examples of conclusions via their classmates. The group will
together decide on a conclusion to share with the class which can be one persons or a
combination of multiple conclusions. Doing this allows students to evaluate what makes a strong
conclusion and combine multiple aspects of a conclusion to create one that all group members
believe is most effective. I have chosen to have the students work in groups to share their
conclusions because according to Gretchen Hovan (2012), writing groups in the middle school
classroom are an effective strategy to become more comfortable with revision and because group
members provide students with more ideas about their own writing. Since this class has been
working in similar groups throughout the semester, the students in the four groups are familiar
with each other and therefore should be able to have good, through discussions about their
conclusions and what makes a strong one.
References
Seidel, T., Blomberg, G., & Renkl, A. (2013). Instructional strategies for using video in teacher
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Hovan, G. (2012). Writing for a built-in audience: Writing groups in the middle school
classroom. Voices from the Middle, 20(2), 49-53. Retrieved from http://0search.proquest.com.wncln.wncln.org/docview/1288617200?accountid=8337