Developing and Elaborating on Ideas
Students will learn strategies for developing their claims with sufficient elaboration, including examples, explanations, and logical reasoning.
Key Questions
- Explain how providing specific examples strengthens a general claim.
- Justify the need for elaboration in an argumentative paragraph.
- Critique a paragraph for insufficient development, suggesting ways to expand on ideas.
Common Core State Standards
Suggested Methodologies
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