Teaching Argumentative Writing 2025

This course will expose participating teachers to some of the best practices emerging from the Pathway to Academic Success Project, based on decades of research and evidence-based practices proven to be effective for all students, but particularly to help English learners develop their academic writing. This course focuses on using a cognitive strategies approach to teach argumentative writing that synthesizes multiple texts and integrates counterarguments.

The main lesson tutorial of this course centers around the Women’s Suffrage Movement and the 19th Amendment and uses multiple historical documents and texts related to the topic. Teachers will have access to a supplemental tutorial on Malala Yousafzai. Participants will come away with ideas, materials, and pedagogical practices they can immediately implement in their classrooms.