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Supporting argument 2: The tests that are conducted with animals should be both necessary for the greater good and scientifically rigorous???which isn???t always the case currently. This should be regulated by governments and institutions. Now that we have a solid foundation, it???s time to teach students how to break down an argumentative essay. When teaching this, I start with a high interest text that I can use to model my thinking. Newsela has a great article about pizza making kids obese that I use with my mini lesson or you can quick Google search for examples of argumentative essays. Because your entire argumentative essay depends on how well you present your case, your essay structure is crucial. To make matters worse, the structure of argumentative essays is a little more involved than those of other essay types because you also have to address other points of view. This alone leads to even more considerations, like whose argument to address first, and at what point to introduce key evidence. |