Title: What About the Boys?
Standard: RI 8.1
Content Objective:  I will be able to cite evidence from an informational text  by Jigsawing the given article with the class to find at least one quote  to support my article.
Language Objective:  I will highlight words in the article that I do not know.
Homework:  Find and bring an article that supports your claim on gender equality. 

Schedule:
1. Do Now
2. What About the Boys?
3. Debate Groups
4. Debate Planning

Do Now: List 5 ways that men are "supposed" to act.

Step 2: What About the Boys?

1. We will be reading an article about how boys are having more trouble understanding how they are supposed to behave.
2. We will Jigsaw the article, which means that each person will read a section of the article.
3. Mr. Westrup has highlighted for you the section of the article that you will read.
4. You will read your section to yourself three times.
 - The first time you will just read it to understand what it is about. Underline the main idea of your section.
 - The second time you will read it to look for words that you do not understand. Highlight the words that you do not understand.
- The third time you will read it to ask clarifying questions. Write down three questions that you have after reading the article (not about words you don't understand).
5. We will now read our sections to the class and identify the main idea and share one of our questions.

Step 3: Debate Groups

1. We need to decide which side of the debate we want to be on. Click here to complete the form.

Step 4: Debate Planning

1. Your debate will have six sections: Introduction, Reason 1, Reason 2, Reason 3, Logical Fallacy, and Conclusion. What is your Claim?
2. Decide who will prepare which section for the debate.
3. Look through article "What About the Boys?" to find at least one reason and evidence that you can use to support your Claim.