Argumentative Writing in Science
The Common Core initiative to enhance students cultivate students who are prepared for college and career once they leave high school. The way to do this is to start early (K-12). Common Core is a focus on literacy. Focusing on reading, writing, speaking, and listening across all content areas. In the science disciplinary, when it comes to writing, students need to focus on writing explanatory pieces as well as argumentative pieces. When most students think of arguments, they think of something bad; however, as teachers we need to support our students in understanding that argumentative writing is a way to explain whether we are for or against a position, using evidence from resources that have been read.
This section will discuss what argumentative writing looks like in science.
This section will discuss what argumentative writing looks like in science.