In this lesson, teachers will reintroduce language and style with a focus on having an appropriate, formal style for argumentative writing through mechanics, tone, word choice, and sentence structure. Following a brief teacher-led presentation, students will receive differentiated worksheets guiding them through individual revisions of their language and style depending on their rubric and Signal Check level. This lesson can be taught either to a small group of students or the whole class, depending on need.
In this lesson, the teacher and students will analyze a sample first draft, sample feedback, and a sample revision of an argumentative essay focusing on language and style. The teacher will model suggesting revision strategies and students will participate in large and small group collaboration to suggest additional revisions. Students will then review the impact of revisions based on teacher comments in a sample revision.
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