Jennifer's explanation I believe is right on the money. A letter can be an example of persuasive writing.
Maureen Robins On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 8:36 AM, Palmer, Jennifer <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 > > -- Maureen Picard Robins The Pressures of Teaching (Kaplan, 2010) The Transmigration of Souls (Finishing Line Press) The Good Teacher Mentor (Teachers College Press,2003) _______________________________________________ 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
