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Title: How Do I Gather Evidence for an Essay?
Standard: RI8.1 Content Objective: I will be able to identify evidence that supports a claim by completing the Actively Learn activities to gather evidence so that I can begin planning a 6+ paragraph essay. Language Objective: I will use the Say, Mean, Matter chart to help my Reasoning. Homework: Complete your Outline. |
Schedule:
1. Do Now 2. Actively Learn 3. Say Mean Matter Chart 4. Essay Outline |
Do Now: What six parts should a persuasive essay have?
Step 2: Actively Learn - Comprehension
1. In high school and college, you will need to be able to support your claims with evidence from a text or article.
2. In order to find evidence, we need to first understand what the given articles are about.
3. You will read two persuasive articles on Actively Learn about graffiti. Use the commenting reading strategy to help you understand what the articles are about.
4. Click here to go to Actively Learn. Read the directions about commenting.
5. Watch as Mr. Westrup shows you how to comment.
2. In order to find evidence, we need to first understand what the given articles are about.
3. You will read two persuasive articles on Actively Learn about graffiti. Use the commenting reading strategy to help you understand what the articles are about.
4. Click here to go to Actively Learn. Read the directions about commenting.
5. Watch as Mr. Westrup shows you how to comment.
Step 3: Say, Mean, Matter - Analysis
1. Let's look at some possible claims for our essay. Mr. Westrup will write them down on the board.
2. You will need to support your claim with evidence. You will need to use Reasoning to explain the evidence.
3. Say, Mean, Matter is a reading strategy that will help you with your Reasoning.
4. You will need a quote from the poem that supports your claim.
5. Watch as Mr. Westrup uses Say, Mean, Matter to create his Reasoning.
2. You will need to support your claim with evidence. You will need to use Reasoning to explain the evidence.
3. Say, Mean, Matter is a reading strategy that will help you with your Reasoning.
4. You will need a quote from the poem that supports your claim.
5. Watch as Mr. Westrup uses Say, Mean, Matter to create his Reasoning.
Step 4: Prewriting - Creating Our Outline
1. Before we can start writing our paragraph, we need to plan our essay by creating an outline.
2. An outline will tell us what we need to have in each sentence.
3. Let's create an outline together. What elements or parts do we need to create an outline? What sentence starters can we use to create our outline?
4. Click here to go to the GWT to get ideas for sentence starters.
2. An outline will tell us what we need to have in each sentence.
3. Let's create an outline together. What elements or parts do we need to create an outline? What sentence starters can we use to create our outline?
4. Click here to go to the GWT to get ideas for sentence starters.
Step 5: Democratic Debate
1. Let's watch parts of the Democratic Debate.
2. As we watch the debate, identify at least two things that the speakers did well and two things that they did not do well.
2. As we watch the debate, identify at least two things that the speakers did well and two things that they did not do well.
