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Argumentative Essay Body Paragraph Practice cover for grades 6–8, showing print and digital materials
Cover of the body paragraph practice resource
Teacher guide outlines four practice steps, a possible fifth-day assessment, and the table of contents
Teacher directions and resource contents
First source text, “Art is Objective,” argues that effort, beauty, and meaning can be used to judge art
First of two opposing source texts about art
Second source text, “Art is Subjective,” argues that viewers define art and no shared definition exists
Second of two opposing source texts about art
Step 1 asks students to read the art argument prompt and identify the essay type and the essay topic
Step 1: Read and identify the writing prompt
Step 2 asks students to flip the prompt about writing an essay taking a side on art being subjective or objective
Step 2: Flip the art argument prompt
Step 3 asks students to mark the text, record relevant evidence, and cross out evidence that is irrelevant
Step 3: Select and record relevant text evidence
Step 4 provides an introduction about objective art and asks for a body paragraph on its first point, effort
Step 4: Write the first matching body paragraph
Step 4 repeats the introduction about objective art and asks for a body paragraph on its second point, beauty
Step 4: Write the second matching body paragraph
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Grade 6, 7, 8

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Practicing argumentative essay body paragraphs in middle school has never been easier! Use this printable and digital lesson with a step-by-step process and an assessment to get the job done!

Objective: Students will go through the steps of reading and flipping a prompt, reading and marking texts, analyzing an introduction paragraph, and then writing body paragraphs. Then they will be assessed.

Your students will love the short practice (as opposed to writing an entire essay) and you will love that it gets the job done and is easy to grade!

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Supports Common Core Standard:
CCRA.W.1

Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.

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What's Included

1 PDF with

- 17 ready to print pages

- Google slides links

What's included:

✅ 1 Prompt

✅ 2 Original Nonfiction texts about Art

✅ Step-by-Step process worksheets

Step 1: Read the Prompt

Step 2: Flip the Prompt

Step 3: Read and Mark the Text

Step 4: Read the provided introduction and write one body paragraph at a time.

✅ 1 assessment

✅ Digital version using Google Slides and Google Forms

✅ Directions

✅ Full answer keys

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