1. Organizational Chart: Argument
Claim:
Counterclaim:
Evidence 1: “ ”
Citation: (Text ?, Line ?).
Evidence: “ ”
Discuss what the quote means…
Explain how this detail supports your claim.
Explain how this detail supports the counterclaim.
Repeat the same three steps above, using a new piece of evidence [and, possibly, a new text]. This will be Evidence 2: “…” (Text ?, Line ?)
Repeat the same three steps above, using a new piece of evidence [and, possibly, a new text]. This will be Evidence 2: “…” (Text ?, Line ?)
Repeat the same three steps above, using a new piece of evidence [and, possibly, a new text]. This will be Evidence 3: “…” (Text ?, Line ?).

2. Organizational Chart: Argument Essay
Claim:
Counterclaim:
Evidence 1: “
” Citation: (Text ?, Line ?).
Evidence: “
”Citation: (Text ?, Line ?).
Discuss what the quote means…
Explain how this detail supports your claim.
Explain how this detail supports the counterclaim.
Evidence 2: “
The quote means…
Organizational Chart: Argument Essay

3. Regents Part 2: The Argument Essay: You MUST use at least THREE texts.
Paragraph 1: INTRODUCTION:
Write a GRABBER sentence.
State your THESIS/CLAIM/ARGUMENT related to the topic
Present the COUNTER-ARGUMENT (opposing position).
Write a TRANSITIONAL SENTENCE to move you to paragraph 2.

4. You can have more than 1 piece of evidence in this paragraph.
PARAGRAPH 2 [BODY 1]
Introduce evidence #1 (Text #, line #s) IN SUPPORT OF your thesis/claim/argument
Write YOUR analysis of this evidence. (This shows... This demonstrates... This establishes...)
Write a TRANSITIONAL SENTENCE to move you to paragraph 3.
You can have more than 1 piece of evidence in this paragraph.

5. You can have more than 1 piece of evidence in this paragraph.
PARAGRAPH 3 [BODY 2]
Introduce the evidence for the opposing claim. (Text #, line #s)
Analysis: Explain WHY it is not as strong as YOUR claim. (This point is wrong because... This point is not valid because...)
Write a TRANSITIONAL sentence to move you to 4.
You can have more than 1 piece of evidence in this paragraph.

6. You can have more than 1 piece of evidence in this paragraph.
PARAGRAPH 4 [BODY 3]
Introduce evidence #2 (Text #, line #s) for your thesis from ANOTHER (3rd) document.
Write YOUR analysis of this evidence. (This shows... This demonstrates... This establishes...)
Write a TRANSITIONAL SENTENCE to move you to paragraph 5.
You can have more than 1 piece of evidence in this paragraph.

7. PARAGRAPH 5 [CONCLUSION]
RESTATE your thesis claim IN DIFFERENT WORDS.
REVIEW your point against the argument and FINISH with the points FOR your argument.
Write a THOUGHT-PROVOKING final sentence: THE CLINCHER.

8. ALTERNATIVE ORGANIZATION
Depending on your topic and the information from the texts, you could structure Paragraphs 2, 3, and 4 in the following manner:
After the intro paragraph,
Introduce the COUNTER evidence #1 (Text #, line #s)
Write YOUR analysis of this evidence. (This shows... This demonstrates... This establishes...)
State evidence #1for your ARGUMENT (Text #, line #s)
Write a TRANSITIONAL SENTENCE to move you to the next paragraph.
In other words, each body paragraph will have a counterargument and the argument that refutes it in the same paragraph.