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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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PREVIOUS LEARNING |
TARGETED LEARNING |
FUTURE 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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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 |
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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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