Bettering the World: Solving Problems Through Research and Action: A unit to help students research various school or community issues and argue their solution to the problem with source support.

The world of writing is a document I made that has mini-lessons on different types of poetry, prose, rhetoric, comedy, the writing process, argument, evaluation/grading, and formatting/plagiarism. I hope it will be of use to you!

This is a ten day writing unit that I developed as a student teacher to teach the process of argumentative writing for grade 8 students, but I'm sure it could be adapted to other grade levels.

This is a unit with bell ringers covering two weeks where the students will work on building their understanding of conventions of the English language.

This is a unit on comparing themes that includes the use of A Midsummer Night's Dream and a student-selected text.

This lesson plan covers logical fallacies that are common in argumentative writing, and it is meant to help students identify the different types.