Compose argumentative texts, including opinion essays, using genre characteristics and craft.
Standard 3.12C in English Language Arts helps students understand Compose argumentative texts and apply knowledge with confidence.
For Grade 3, this standard focuses on Compose argumentative texts and prepares learners for increasingly complex tasks.
Standard 3.12C describes the essential skills and understandings for Compose argumentative texts in Grade 3. It clarifies the learning outcomes and what successful work looks like.
Students may rely on procedures without reasoning or mix key terms. Build in quick oral explanations, error analysis, and vocabulary supports tied to 3.12C.
Start with concrete or familiar examples, connect to prior knowledge, model a clear process, and provide checks for understanding aligned to 3.12C.
It lays groundwork for the next grade by deepening accuracy and flexibility with Compose argumentative texts, so students can tackle more complex problems later.
