Argument writing is NOT persuasive. It is writing to build a case. Suppose you ask your students to read Shakespeare...say ...Hamlet. Argument writing would be a response to a prompt like "Was Hamlet justified in his feelings against the new king? Why or why not?" Argument writing is about taking a position and using evidence from the text (or in some cases of argument writing) their own research... and building a case for their thesis.
My understanding is that claims support a thesis. A thesis is an overall statement. There may be several claims that support the thesis... and of course, under the CCSS in argument writing you must support all of your claims. Example... Hamlet was justified in his plot against his king and mother. (thesis) Claim 1... They murdered his father. (then text evidence to support) Claim 2... They murdered the rightful king. (then text evidence to support) Claim 3...self defense...they might murder Hamlet next because he is an heir to the throne... (then text evidence to support) It has been a while since I read Hamlet, but even if I don't remember the plot line accurately, I hope this example helps. And in the 20+ years I have been in education, the jargon has continually changed...so I would expect that to continue...CCSS though, I think, will be around for quite a while. > On Sep 28, 2013, at 10:35 AM, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > I'm wondering about the new vocabulary associated with the Common Core State > Standards. I'm only getting little snippets for my colleagues, but nothing > official at school, and nothing that helps me understand the difference. > I think that the word claim has replaced the word thesis. What's the > difference? If there is no difference, why is there now a different word? > > Persuasive writing is now called argumentative writing. Why? All my > students think they know what an argument is, and I would not call that > persuasive. > Also, do you think these new words will be replaced (again) in the next few > years? > > I'm interested in any information you all can share before I start my > students on their first big writing assignment. Thanks! > Jan > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive
