Georgia 10.T.T.3.c
The Standard
Apply argumentative techniques strategically to enhance writing and engage audiences. (C)
Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards · Texts (T) · Techniques
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students select and use evidence, counterclaims, concessions, rhetorical appeals, and purposeful language to strengthen an argument. They adjust those choices for a specific audience and purpose.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students choose techniques that fit their purpose and audience, then weave them into a clear argument. They explain how each choice strengthens credibility, logic, or emotional impact.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may stack facts or emotional language without linking them to the claim. They may ignore opposing views, misrepresent them, or use rhetorical questions and repetition too often.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: Write a four-sentence argument for or against a later school start time. Include one fact, a counterclaim, and a deliberate technique that strengthens your point.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give groups claim, evidence, counterclaim, and audience cards, then have them arrange and revise the cards into a persuasive mini-argument.
Ask students to compare two openings on the same issue and write which one would persuade a school board, with reasons.
Run an argument makeover relay where teams revise weak sentences using evidence, concession, analogy, repetition, or rhetorical questions.
Analyze a public service announcement, then rewrite its main argument for teenagers, parents, and local officials using different techniques.
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