{"id":257,"date":"2013-08-28T00:31:36","date_gmt":"2013-08-28T00:31:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kristendembroski.com\/?p=257"},"modified":"2013-12-27T09:33:01","modified_gmt":"2013-12-27T15:33:01","slug":"my-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.kristendembroski.com\/?p=257","title":{"rendered":"My Book"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s finally finished! My first book \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

The Paper Chain: An Instructional Workbook for Argumentative Writing<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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It is a 77-page exciting student-friendly instructional manual and workbook for writing an argumentative \u00a0paper – perfect for grades 7 – 10. This Common Core Aligned unit addresses writing, reading, and language. These are reading and writing techniques that can be used for cross-curricular writing in Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, Physical Education… you name it! I have provided professional development at my school for these writing techniques, and the entire staff at my middle school now uses them. It’s great to be on the same page.<\/p>\n

By using the instructional workbook, students learn how to read and write argument\/persuasive papers step-by-step. The following topics are addressed:<\/p>\n

* Argumentative Writing
\n* The Paper Chain: Overview
\n* Argument Writing: Flow Chart
\n* Practice Identifying the Argument
\n* Effective Argument (word choice)
\n* Practice Generating an Argument
\n* Generating your own Argument
\n* Practice Identifying Claims
\n* Claims and Supporting Evidence
\n* Generating Claims: Supporting the Argument
\n* Practice Identifying Evidence
\n* Organizing Evidence
\n* Claims and Supporting Evidence
\n* Quoting Evidence
\n* Credibility
\n* A Search for Evidence
\n* Collecting Evidence: Internet Search
\n* Is this Website Credible?
\n* Practice Determining Credible Evidence
\n* Homework: Find Your Own Evidence
\n* Counterclaim
\n* Adding a Counterclaim
\n* Deconstructing a Counterclaim
\n* Writing a Body Paragraph: Organization
\n* Reasoning \/ Links: Explaining Evidence
\n* The Whole Paper = A TERCon Sandwich
\n* Citing Sources: Avoiding Plagiarism
\n* Other Ways to Say \u2018Said\u2019
\n* Bibliography \/ Works Cited
\n* Peer Revising
\n* Peer Revising Sample
\n* Revision Checklist
\n* Rubric
\n* Model\/Exemplar Paper
\n* How to get an Advanced Score
\n* Sentence Fluency: Appositives
\n* Why Appositives Are Important
\n* Appositives Practice
\n* Commonly Misspelled Words
\n* Editing Shortcuts and Practice
\n* Publishing
\n* Glossary
\n* Answer Key<\/p>\n

My favorite part about the workbook is that it is filled with models, examples, and practice, as well as easy-to-follow visuals and charts. You can print out the manual as a hard copy workbook for students or – as I do in my one-to-one iPad school – email it to my students as an ebook to reference all year.<\/p>\n

I am hoping to have this available on iTunes University soon! In the meantime, you can purchase a version from Teachers Pay Teachers here<\/a>. Happy Teaching!<\/p>\n

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