Writing with FRAMEs: The Pro/Con Essay

Based on the Strategic Instructional Model (SIM) FRAME routine, this organizer will walk your student scholars through the process of writing a pro/con position essay. Simply use a prompt of your choosing, and guide your class through the writing process. Complete with sentence stems for differentiation and language support for SPED and EL students.

Objectives:

The student will complete a first draft of a pro/con position essay written to a prompt.

The student will research and evaluate supporting evidence for his or her essay.

Teacher Prep Time: Just print and go!

Lesson Duration: One to five class periods depending on depth of essay.

Included in This Product:

Writing FRAME for students

Argument Analysis/Position Analysis FRAME

Student example of completed FRAMEs

Teacher notes for implementation

Aligned to TEKS: 7.14, 7.17, 8.14, 8.17 (sections A, B, & C for each)

And Adopted 2017 Standards (in effect 2019): Strand 6, 110.23 and 110.24 inclusive

Aligned to CCSS: ELA.Literacy.W.7.1; ELA.Literacy.W.7.2; ELA.Literacy.W.7.4; ELA.Literacy.W.7.5; ELA.Literacy.W.7.7; ELA.Literacy.W.7.10; ELA.Literacy.W.8.1; ELA.Literacy.W.8.2; ELA.Literacy.W.8.7; ELA.Literacy.W.8.8; ELA.Literacy.W.8.10.

This lesson is appropriate for grades 7-8.

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