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Publisher: Critical Thinking Company
Author: Michael Baker
Review last updated: 2009		 Instant KeyPublishers InfoPricingProduct Photos

Critical Thinking Activities to
Improve Writing Skills: Arguments

This reproducible writing activity book poses sixteen different problems in the form of people looking for advice or solutions to problems of their own. Students are then taught how to analyze each problem and present possible solutions. In the process they develop a variety of writing skills such as outlining, organizing, letter writing, and paragraph development. Students are also working on critical thinking skills, reading skills (e.g., comprehension, inferences, identifying fact and opinion), and understanding the importance of proper grammar for clarity in writing. Lessons are designed for cooperative group learning, but they will adapt fairly well for use between a parent and child as long as the parent presents each lesson and participates in discussion. These lessons are actually quite fun, so I recommend trying to get a few junior high level students to work through them together.

There are three other books in the series, but because of their content and design, I find them less useful for home schoolers.

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    • Arguments: Critical Thinking Activities to Improve Writing Skills

    Arguments: Critical Thinking Activities to Improve Writing Skills

    Michael Baker

      Instant Key

      • Suitable for:  group, one-on-one, and independent study
        Audience:         grades 7-8
        Need for parent/teacher instruction:          varies
        Prep time needed:         minimal 
        Religious perspective: secular

      Publisher's Info

      • The Critical Thinking Co.

        PO Box 1610
        Seaside, CA 93955

        (800) 458-4849
        www.criticalthinking.com