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📖 7th Grade · ELAW.7.1aUnit 4: Argument writing

Claim and counterclaim

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🎯 Objective: Students introduce claims and acknowledge alternate claims.

Lesson outline

  1. Debate warm-up.
  2. Write claim and counterclaim.
  3. Share.
  4. Exit: counterclaim.

Lesson 1 of 4 in this unit. In the Lesson Planner this lesson takes 1–3 class periods depending on your timetable: day 1 introduce & model, then practice, small-group reteach and a quick check.

📐 Standard

W.7.1a

Common Core State Standards for ELA, Grade 7 — typical US scope & sequence

🏁 Unit goals

  • Write arguments acknowledging alternate claims and using accurate, credible sources

✅ Check for understanding

End with the exit ticket in the outline. Sort answers into got it / almost / not yet and start the next lesson with a 5-minute reteach for the “not yets”.

Practice & resources on Thinkabara

🎯 Practice: Argument writing📚 All 7th Grade skills📚 Read-aloud stories⚡ Capy Live class quiz

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More lessons in “Argument writing”

  1. Claim and counterclaim
  2. Evidence from credible sources
  3. Rebuttal
  4. Cohesion and conclusion

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