Chief Red Jacket
Unit Overview
READING AND WRITING NONFICTION FROM VARIOUS PERSPECTIVES: A Study of the Elements of Persuasive Text
Unit Plan: Lessons
Each session represents one 50-minute class period. Students
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apply pre-reading strategies to read persuasive text. |
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apply post-reading strategies to analyze and discuss persuasive text. |
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examine persuasive elements by reading, analyzing, and discussing persuasive text. |
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begin the pre-writing process and early drafting for their persuasive essay. |
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continue drafting their persuasive essay. |
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peer edit and revise their persuasive essay. |
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complete the writing process, publish, and self-evaluate final drafts of the persuasive essay. |
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Essential Questions:
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What are the qualities of effective argumentation and persuasion? |
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How can pre- and post-reading strategies enable readers to make inferences and draw conclusions? |
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How do reading strategies enhance the understanding of persuasive text? |
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In what ways can prior knowledge determine and influence opinion? |
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How does a writer develop effective persuasive arguments? |
Summative Assessment and Scoring Guides:
Students complete selected response, constructed response, and performance event portions of the assessment over the course of two days.
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TARGETED LEARNING |
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Students discern the difference between fiction and non-fiction.
Students apply pre-reading strategies and post-reading skills
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R1F Apply the pre-reading strategy of _______ to aid comprehension
R1H Apply the post-reading skill of _______ to comprehend and interpret text
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questioning to clarify
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reflecting
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analyzing
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drawing conclusions
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summarizing
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paraphrasing
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Students will apply pre-reading strategies and post-reading skills to aid in reading comprehension and to develop skills needed for success in post-secondary education and the workplace |
Students identify and interpret figurative language (simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, dialect, slang) |
R3B Analyze and evaluate author’s use of figurative language emphasizing irony, imagery, and sound devices in non-fiction text |
Students will analyze and evaluate the use and effect of figurative language to understand the nuances of nonfiction text in post-secondary education and the workplace
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Students analyze word choice, selection of details, organizational effectiveness, and accuracy of information in nonfiction texts
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R3C Analyze and evaluate the logic, reasonableness, and audience appeal of arguments using details from text |
Students will read and write persuasive (persuasive writing/argument) texts in post-secondary education and the workplace
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Students write multi-paragraph expository (exposition/ expository writing) essays |
W3C Write multi-paragraph expository (exposition/expository writing) and persuasive (persuasive writing/ argument) essays with
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an effective thesis statement
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effective paragraphing
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convincing elaboration through specific and relevant details
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originality and individual perspective
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individual style and voice
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Students will read and write persuasive (persuasive writing/ argument) texts in post-secondary education and the workplace
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