BCS ELA CCSS Unit: 2 Informational/ Argumentative Texts Grade Level: 9 Time Span: 3 weeks Unit Overview: In this unit, students will explore the differences between informing and persuading, and they will apply the fine art of persuasion. RI 2 Central Ideas/ Themes/ Summary – CCSS RI 3 Individuals/ Events/ Ideas – RI 5 Text Structure/ Organization Grade Specific – RI 6 Point of View/ – Author’s Purpose Standards: RI 8 Arguments/ Evidence – Emphasized/assessed in this L 6 Academic/domain-specific vocabulary – unit of study W1 Write Arguments – W 2 Write to Inform/ Explain – W 5 Plan/ revise/edit – W 8 Gather/ Synthesize Information – Informational Suggested Anchor Activity/Strategy/Formative Assessment: “SeaBiscuit: An American Legend” Texts: (Holt McDougal online) - biography SWBST: Somebody want but so then. Using Trail of “The Mary wanted to cook but she had Typhoid so they Trail of - article Typhoid.” “The Typhoid” hospitalized her then she escaped. to (Holt McDougal “Blind Failure” online) - article Text Feature Scavenger Hunt Different Level of “A Competition” (Holt McDougal online) - article Renaming subtitles or dividing a piece of informational text into sections and providing subtitles. Argumentative is your Private “How Private Life?” Outlining articles (Holt McDougal online) - article (Holt “The Privacy Debate” McDougal online) - editorial
BCS ELA CCSS Unit: 2 Informational/ Argumentative Texts Grade Level: 9 Time Span: 3 weeks Unit Overview: In this unit, students will explore the differences between informing and persuading, and they will apply the fine art of persuasion. CCSS Grade Specific Standards: Emphasized/assessed in this unit of study RI 2 – Central Ideas/ Themes/ Summary RI 3 – Individuals/ Events/ Ideas RI 5 – Text Structure/ Organization RI 6 – Point of View/ Author’s Purpose RI 8 – Arguments/ Evidence L 6 – Academic/domain-specific vocabulary W1 – Write Arguments W 2 – Write to Inform/ Explain W 5 – Plan/ revise/edit W 8 – Gather/ Synthesize Information Suggested Anchor Texts: Informational “SeaBiscuit: An American Legend” (Holt McDougal online) - biography “The Trail of Typhoid” - article “Blind to Failure” (Holt McDougal online) - article “A Different Level of Competition” (Holt McDougal online) - article Argumentative “How Private is your Private Life?” (Holt McDougal online) - article “The Privacy Debate” (Holt McDougal online) - editorial Activity/Strategy/Formative Assessment: SWBST: Somebody want but so then. Using “The Trail of Typhoid.” Mary wanted to cook but she had Typhoid so they hospitalized her then she escaped. Text Feature Scavenger Hunt Renaming subtitles or dividing a piece of informational text into sections and providing subtitles. Outlining articles
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