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Argumentative Writing - Using Sources Tool
With these Writing Partners (listed below) and the materials in this group, you can learn:
- how to incorporate evidence from sources to back up your claims,
- strengthen your reasoning,
- and improve the overall effectiveness of your writing.
Teachers and researchers in the National Writing Project's (NWP's) College, Career and Community Writer's Program (C3WP) developed the intellectual frameworks, resources, and practices that power this group's Writing Partners. See more: 7 Things to Know about the UST
Practice using Writing Partners with these student samples
| Student Sample #1 Homework 1 |
Student Sample #2 Homework 2 |
Student Sample #3 by an 8th Grader |
Student Sample #4 HS Football |
Peer Response Discussion Protocol (See source)
Here is how to work with your writing group and how to add Writing Partners into the oral and written feedback that you give each other.
- "Upload" your argument to a document.
- "Invite" your teacher and the other members of your writing group to the document.
- Read your text aloud. Make general oral comments, then select the first Writing Partner, below on the left, and read the results aloud to the group.
- Read your text aloud again. All members of your writing group should comment in writing by double-clicking on a sentence or paragraph or the entire document. Then "Ask AI" and choose the second Writing Partner, below. Again, read the results aloud to each other.
- Get an overall rating on all of the questions on the Using Sources Tool, then focus in on two areas for revision. Select the Writing Partner: Feedback on 2 of 8.
- Continue with the other questioins by commenting yourselves, then "Ask AI" and choose the Writing Partner that is associated with each question. Focus on the two questions and the Writing Partners that will help you the most as your revise your argument.
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| 1. Read through the entire piece of writing. | |
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2. Read the piece of writing a second time. As you re-read, annotate or highlight the claim(s), source material, and commentary. |
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Helps you to identify two revisions that will improve your argument the most by considering your claim, use of source material, and commentary. |
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3. Does the writing present a claim? |
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4. Does the writing include information from other sources? |
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5. Does the writing include source material that represents multiple perspectives? |
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6. Can you tell the difference between writing that belongs to the writer and writing that comes from source material? |
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7. Does the writing characterize the credibility of the sources? |
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8. Does the writing’s commentary connect the source material to the claim? |
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9. Does the organization of the writing contribute to the overall structure of the argument? |
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10. Does the writing use source material for any of the following purposes? |
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Illustrating – Using specific examples from the text to support the claim |
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Authorizing – Referring to an “expert” to support the claim |
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Extending – Putting your own “spin” on terms and ideas you take from other texts |
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Countering – “Pushing back” against the text in some way (e.g., disagree with it, challenge something it says, or interpret it differently) |
Prompts and Resources for Writing
Click here to find ideas for writing from the Learning Network at The New York Times
310 Prompts for Argumentative Writing:
Questions on everything from mental health and sports to video games and dating. Which ones inspire you to take a stand?
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