Instructional Insights / Crafting Counterarguments

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Watch how a 6th grade teacher at a dual language immersion program guides students in crafting counterarguments, using sentence frames and peer discussion to develop their ideas and strengthen their writing. To learn more, read Nancy Frey and Doug Fisher's column "Better Arguments, Stronger Writing" in the May 2025 issue of EL magazine.

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