Throw down with a fun language arts game! Armed with a hand of writing-themed cards, learners craft arguments based on the strategies written on the cards, dropping cards as they discuss their claims further until there are no strategies left.

Concepts

evaluating claims, argumentative writing, Research, research writing

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Use in a debate or language arts  class when discussing argumentative writing
• Provide an instruction sheet for class members to create their own decks of cards

Classroom Considerations

• Requires a deck of index cards noted with terms relating to argumentative writing; lesson plan explains how to create the deck, but does not include a template or example
• Based on Kate L. Turabian's Student's Guide to Writing College Papers, but works on its own as well

Pros

• Provides learning objectives and instructional tips
• Aligned to both Common Core and NCTE standards

Cons

• Contains minor typographical errors

Common Core

RI.9-10.8 RI.11-12.5 W.9-10.1.a W.9-10.1.b W.9-10.1.c W.9-10.1.d W.9-10.1.e W.9-10.8 W.9-10.9.a W.11-12.1.a W.11-12.2.b W.11-12.9.a