It’s very important to teach vocabulary related to argumentative writing in your mini lessons. Stay consistent and show lots of examples/mentor texts that demonstrate the vocabulary:
- Analyze
- Research
- Credibility
- Claim
- Thesis
- Sub-Claim
- Counter-claim
- Organization
- Topic Sentence
- Supporting Details
- Paragraph
- Hook
- Introduction
- Conclusion
- Evidence
- Restate
- Citation
- Persuade
- Opinion
- Plagiarism
- Position
- Quotation
- Rhetoric
- Reasoning
- Rebuttal
- Source
- Formal Tone