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George E. Newell; Meghan Dougherty Kuehnle; Kevin Fulton; Tzu-Jung Lin – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2025
Given the complexity of dialogic argumentative writing and the requisite instruction needed to support student writers, we describe the instructional practices of an English language arts teacher and her culturally and linguistically diverse classroom of 10th graders' writing during key moments in two instructional units during school year…
Descriptors: Dialogs (Language), Persuasive Discourse, Writing (Composition), Student Diversity
Juzwik, Mary M.; VanDerHeide, Jennifer; Dunn, Mandie B.; Goff, Brent – English in Education, 2018
How can secondary English teachers assign and teach argumentative writing to foreground its significance for students and their life trajectories? This article compares three approaches -- formalist, structured process and conversational entry -- in the light of this aim. Through analysis of exemplar assignments, the comparison illustrates the…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, English Teachers, English Instruction, Writing Instruction
VanDerHeide, Jennifer; Juzwik, Mary; Dunn, Mandie – Theory Into Practice, 2016
Various instructional approaches have been laid out for conceptualizing argumentation talk and writing in English classrooms. One prominent, and historically durable, approach is formalist--teachers slot the teaching of argument into a form-based approach, usually using the 5-paragraph theme. This model too often fails to persuade students of the…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, English Instruction, English Curriculum, Literacy
Fink, Rosalie – Learning Disabilities: A Contemporary Journal, 2017
How can teachers integrate rap and technology strategies to teach students with learning disabilities the art of persuasive argument writing? This teacher research study presents creative new approaches for teaching argument writing. Strategies used in the study helped college freshmen with learning disabilities (LD) succeed in developing…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Popular Culture, Learning Disabilities, Persuasive Discourse
E. Suzanne Ehst; Lewis Caskey – English Journal, 2018
According to the authors, teachers often read about inspiring lessons in which historically marginalized students find their voices through assignments and projects that centralize issues of importance to the student. This article describes the authors' revision of a persuasive writing unit to scaffold not only writing skills but also students'…
Descriptors: Democracy, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Citizen Participation, Minority Group Students
Lauren Esposito – English Journal, 2016
Whether novice or experienced, writers must come to terms with the daunting task of filling up a blank page, or screen, in an effort to produce writing. Student writers are no different. They enter teachers' classes having confronted similar difficulties with discovering what it is they want to say. In seeking to help students, they devote…
Descriptors: Collaborative Writing, Creative Activities, Prewriting, Writing Instruction
Featonby, Amy – Kairaranga, 2012
This article describes a project conducted with Year 12 English students. It was based on the model of "Teaching as Inquiry" (Ministry of Education, 2007) and aimed to develop students' self-efficacy in relation to their literature-response essay writing. Self-efficacy was measured using Bandura's (2006) self-efficacy scale and an…
Descriptors: Intervention, Self Efficacy, Reader Response, Measures (Individuals)
McCann, Thomas M. – English Journal, 2010
Middle school and high school students have a conception of what the basic demands of logic are, and they draw on this understanding in anticipating certain demands of parents and teachers when the adolescents have to defend positions. At the same time, many adolescents struggle to "write" highly elaborated arguments. Teaching students lessons in…
Descriptors: Writing Assignments, Persuasive Discourse, Adolescents, Logical Thinking
Jones, Rebecca – Composition Studies, 2008
This article presents a course design of English 450: Theories and Methods of Argument. The course is an upper level course in the Writing concentration of B. A. in English and American Language and Literature at the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, a metropolitan university in the South. At the 400 level, Theories and Methods of Argument is…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Higher Education, Surveys, Rhetoric

Grabill, Patricia – English Journal, 1992
Describes a writing assignment for high school English in which students argue persuasively on a current issue of their choice. Extends this assignment by having students revise the papers into letters to periodicals or politicians. Urges introducing students into active social discourse. (HB)
Descriptors: English Instruction, Letters (Correspondence), Persuasive Discourse, Secondary Education
Selfe, Richard J.; Selfe, Cynthia L. – Theory Into Practice, 2008
For some teachers, the increasing attention to digital and multimodal composing in English and Language Arts classrooms has brought into sharp relief the profession's investment in print as the primary means of expression. Although new forms of communication that combine words, still and moving images, and animation have begun to dominate digital…
Descriptors: Language Arts, English Instruction, Learning Modalities, Educational Technology
Kasper, Paula – 2001
Based on Thomas Paine's pamphlet "Common Sense," this lesson plan presents activities designed to help students understand that as the American Revolution approached, writers created highly persuasive documents calling for separation from England. The main activity in the lesson involves students in writing a persuasive essay. It includes…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Colonial History (United States), English Instruction, Language Arts
Jenkinson, Andrea – 1999
Noting that almost all current issues have some controversial "overload" to them which cause many teachers to approach them with trepidation, this guide aims to help teachers handle discussions and writing assignments related to contemporary issues. The guide aids teachers in framing and in balancing classroom interactions so discussions…
Descriptors: Censorship, Class Activities, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Critical Thinking