We've finally published Teaching Argument Writing with Frankenstories!
We're super excited about this one because it's our first major step in taking Frankenstories & Writelike beyond narrative writing.
This lesson sets out a framework for constructing and analysing arguments, based on the fantastic textbook Writing Arguments by John D. Ramage et al, and it shows how to teach the framework using Frankenstories games.
We had feedback that the draft version of this lesson was a little intimidating, so we've worked hard to make it accessible while maintaining architectural rigour.
We believe it's more sophisticated than PEEL, surprisingly easy to learn, and once you've got the hang of it you'll have x-ray vision on persuasive texts.
(Also you'll have a strong foundation for the upcoming Persuasive Writing lesson.)
If you want to skip reading and go straight to playing games, check out our argument writing prompt presets.
We hope you'll check it out and let us know what you think!