Peer Review Checklist for Draft of Argument Essay

The website offers Argument essay writing instruction from Writing Workshop website at Colorado State University.  Offers rubrics, topics, peer edit sheets, curriculum guides and other resources for effective essay writing at the university.

Essays and Arguments: Paragraph Structure

This site offers guidelines to providing well supported defense for an argument and examples of poorly supported arguments. The site is easy to use and may be duplicated and given to students without infringing on copyright.

Johnstonia

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The site is beneficial in planning a writing intensive course with various forms of rhetoric based on literary canon.  Amazing amount of resources to help students sift through the rigors of argument.

Teaching Students to Interpret Documents

Amazing website devoted to helping students understand how to evaluate and integrate documents into their argument essays. The site is sponsored by the American Historical Association.

Quick Links to English Discourse Teaching Handouts

This site is a teacher’s dream.  There are resources, assignments, and suggestions that are beneficial in preparing a unit on the Argument essay.  The site is generated by the Creighton University English department and has a terrific definition and example of an annotated bibliography.

Identifying the Argument of an Essay

This site offers AP Language and Composition teachers guidelines, curriculum and an interactive checklist for the argument essay.