Table of Contents
I. Why Teach This Way? The Theory Behind the Practice
1. Getting Started
2. Thinking About the Structure of an Effective Argument
3. Five Kinds of Knowledge, Five Kinds of Composing: The Foundations of Our Practice
II. Into the Classroom: Lesson Ideas
4. Making Argument Matter in the Here and Now
5. Introducing the Elements of Argument
6. Putting It Together in Simulations and Debates
7. Teaching Argument Through the Study of Literature and Reading
8. Focusing on Form
9. A Few Words About Assessment
10. Embracing the Challenge