C3WP SECONDARY INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES GUIDE

ENTERING THE CONVERSATION

Routine Argument Writing

Title Description Skill Emphasis

Identify and respond to

Creating a Culture of Create a culture of argument
arguments in the world.
Argument/Writing/Civic through routines and habits of
Routine Develop routine argument
Discourse consistent reading and writing.
Argument strategies and skills.
Writing

Regular, and Describe a conversation among

often Consider multiple perspectives nonfiction sources.
Writing into the Day to
informal, on an issue and enter the Join the conversation.
Jumpstart Argument
practices that conversation. Craft a claim with supporting
build evidence.
capacity,
stamina, and USING SOURCE MATERIAL PURPOSEFULLY
skills for
Routine Argument Writing
writing
arguments Title Description Skill Emphasis
and engaging
in civic Layer annotated reading, Explore an issue to make a
discourse. reflective writing, and critical claim.
thinking to gather information Identify and respond to
These Writing and Revising Claims from texts, consider multiple evidence.
practices angles on a topic, develop a Revise claim based on new
create a recursive claim, and finish a information in sources
culture of draft. Integrate sources.
argument in
the
Write and revise a claim
classroom.
throughout becoming informed
and planning process
Write commentary that explains
Identify evidence and explain
Connecting Evidence to how and why information
the importance of its
Claims becomes evidence that supports
connection to the claim
a claim
Comment on evidence in ways
that connect the evidence to
the claim

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Select and integrate compelling
Focusing on Evidence
evidence to support a claim
Explore evidence from multiple
sources representing a range of
perspectives in a conversation
around a single issue
Make a claim that is debatable
and defensible.
Identify evidence and explain its
relevance to a claim.

Routine ADVANCING ARGUMENTS WITH EVIDENCE

Argument Routine Argument Writing
Writing
Title Description Skill Emphasis
Regular, and
Select and organize evidence
often
from sources representing
informal, Select, organize, and connect
multiple perspectives and
practices that Organizing Evidence evidence to support a nuanced
stakeholders
build claim.
Plan and draft to support a
capacity,
nuanced claim.
stamina, and
skills for
writing Analyze use of evidence in
arguments sources representing multiple
and engaging perspectives on an issue around
in civic Evaluate quality and relevance of a single topic.
discourse. Ranking Evidence
evidence to support a claim. Select and rank evidence based
on relevance to a claim.
These Order evidence to plan for
practices logical reasoning in a draft.
continue
throughout
the year to Analyze elements of a
support the purposeful Op-Ed.
building of Structure a purposeful argument Connect related & countering
Making the Case in an OpEd
skills and to for an authentic audience. evidence sets.
sustain a Draft a purposeful Op-Ed with a
culture of nuanced claim.

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argument in Compare purposeful arguments
the across texts representing a
classroom. Engage with and objectively
range of perspectives in a
Coming to Terms with analyze multiple perspectives to
conversation around a single
Opposing Viewpoints create respectful counter
issue.
arguments.
Counter opposing viewpoints.
Draft from nuanced claims.

APPLYING ARGUMENT SKILLS

Routine Argument Writing

Title Description Skill Emphasis

Read and respond to several

Develop on-demand reading and
Writing On-Demand
writing skills to independently
Arguments
write an argument of policy
sources representing a range of
perspectives in a conversation
around a single issue.
Quickly construct a nuanced
claim & support with evidence
from nonfiction sources.

Routine RESEARCHING SELF-SELECTED TOPICS

Argument Routine Argument Writing
Writing
Title Description Skill Emphasis
Regular, and
often Select a topic from multiple
informal, choices.
practices that Gather information from
build multiple sources representing a
Focusing on Purpose and Plan and draft a letter to a public
capacity, range of perspectives in a
Audience in Public audience with a focus on
stamina, and conversation around a single
Arguments purpose and audience.
skills for issue.
writing Develop a claim.
arguments Plan and draft with a focus on
and engaging purpose and audience.

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 in civic
Choose an issue worth writing
discourse.
Find a topic, gather sources, and about.
Finding a Topic and
write a letter using evidence Gather information from
These Researching the Conversation
from sources. multiple sources.
practices
Develop a claim.
continue
throughout
the year to
support the Annotate complex texts
building of Annotate primary source
skills and to documents
sustain a Gathering evidence through
culture of personal experience, primary
Research local issues using a
argument in research, and secondary
framework to make civic
the Making Civic Arguments research
arguments to local decision-
classroom. Understand multiple
makers.
perspectives surrounding a
complex civic issue
Construct a logical line of
reasoning
Revise for publication

Take a position on an issue

while claiming personal bias.
Research and write to portray
Identify, plan, and develop a
Extending Argument with the opposing side in a way
culminating self-selected
Interest-driven Research agreeable to the opposing side.
researched argument project.
Develop an informed claim to
interpret and present evidence
for civic advocacy.

Routine SUPPLEMENTARY RESOURCES

Argument Routine Argument Writing
Writing
Title Description Skill Emphasis
Regular, and
often
informal, A 1-2 day lesson to support Write claims that are
practices that Writing Claims students in defining and refining compelling, debatable,
build claims. defensible and nuanced.
capacity,

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stamina, and
skills for
writing Arguing with Credible Sources
arguments of Information
and engaging (Resource coming soon)
in civic
discourse.

These A lesson sequence that focuses Understand the purposes of

practices on revising with a focus on commentary.
continue writing more effective Name what makes effective
throughout Revising for Commentary commentary. It is designed to be commentary.
the year to used after students have written Revise commentary to
support the a full argument from any of the strengthen and further develop
building of C3WP instructional resources. an argument.
skills and to
sustain a Notice and name argument
Explanation of six moves that can
culture of moves in a piece of writing.
be used in revising writing. It is
argument in Identify and praise effective
designed to be used after
the Reading to Revise in Color argument moves.
students have written a full
classroom. Identify and revise argument
argument from any of the C3WP
moves that could be more
instructional resources.
effective.

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