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Below is a list of all the lessons on the Little Red Schoolhouse Site.

Acknowledgment and Response

  • Acknowledge and Engage with Alternatives
  • Academic Writing Acknowledges and Responds to Established Perspectives
  • Acknowledge and Respond to Readers' Objections
  • Where to Acknowledge and Respond
  • Acknowledge and Respond to The Range of Solutions to Your Problem

Argument

  • The Basic Principle
  • Introduction to Argument

Claims

  • Build Your Argument around a Significant Claim
  • Make a Claim That Is Contestable and Supportable
  • Make a Claim That Resolves a Problem Your Readers Care About
  • Contestable and Supportable Claims
  • Make a Claim that is Thematically Explicit and Complex
  • Use Destabilizing Moments to Build Claims

Evidence

  • Cite Your Sources
  • What Counts as Evidence
  • Distinguish between Reasons and Evidence
  • Explain Your Evidence
  • Literary Evidence Needs to be Explained

problem frames

  • State the Consequences of a Conceptual Problem by Answering “So What?”
  • Introduction to Problem Frames
  • Present Your Problem and Solution Using the Elements of a Problem Frame
  • Problem-Solving Arguments Persuade Readers to Act or Think Differently
  • Use Destabilizing Moments to Build Claims

Reasons

  • Reasons should not report evidence or summarize the text
  • At least some of your reasons should be contestable
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