To identify the contribution of the socially living problem on the pollution of the Caguan River in the development of argumentative levels in the students of grade 6°1, of the Educational Institution National Institute of Social Promotion Methodology: the research was qualitative with a descriptive link and the discourse analysis method was used based on the theoretical guidelines of the linguist Teun Van Dijk. Results: the investigation showed that the students who were in level 1 and 2 advanced to level 3 and the students who were in level 3 stayed and elaborated improved texts. Conclusion: it was possible to demonstrate that the socially alive problems as a didactic strategy, aroused the interest of the students and opened spaces of discussion to the point of mobilizing from one argumentative level to another.