This study examined argumentative texts included in highschool writing textbooks and considered if the materials -most of them are newspaper columns.- fully perform educational functions required for writing education. Based on this, this study is focused on seeking improvement plans of textbooks and educational contents about argumentative texts. ‘Problem-solving and problem-posing argument structure’ is a part of the theory explaining the development of text to argue, based on the elements of argument. Therefore, it was anticipated that using these two schemes for a learning activity would be practical to remedy shortcomings of current writing textbooks and also helpful to making students understand and compose argumentative texts. Actually, a lesson for analyzing and composing argumentative texts was conducted using these argument schemes. And the result of the lesson was demonstrated through argumentative texts written by students.