Unit 2, Week 5
Argument Writing
Argument Writing: Revising, Editing and Final Drafts
Learning Objectives
Reading
Reading/Speaking Activities:
T will discuss and model norms of collaborative discussions that will be used to evaluate their arguments. Students will break into groups based on their topic of research: Gaza, the Ukraine, Immigration, Violence in Chicago. Each students will share out their first draft with the group and the group will use the following chart to delineate the speaker’s argument and claims and evaluate them.
As students discuss arguments with peers, the goal is for them to identify strong and weak claims and evidence and then give each other feedback on their writing.
Following the discussions, students will complete discussion reflections, which help them to identify what they heard, how they contributed, and anything they want to add to their own argumentative writing.
By the end of the week, students should:
Learning Objectives
Reading
- Cite evidence to support analysis of inferences
- With some guidance and support from peers and adults, develop writing as needed by planning.
- Delineate a speaker’s argument and specific claims.
- Distinguish claims that are supported by reasons and evidence from claims that are not.
- Write routinely over shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.
- Use Standard English conventions when speaking and writing.
- Delineate an argument and claims, engage in collaborative discussions
- Include multimedia components and visual displays in presentations to clarify information
Reading/Speaking Activities:
T will discuss and model norms of collaborative discussions that will be used to evaluate their arguments. Students will break into groups based on their topic of research: Gaza, the Ukraine, Immigration, Violence in Chicago. Each students will share out their first draft with the group and the group will use the following chart to delineate the speaker’s argument and claims and evaluate them.
As students discuss arguments with peers, the goal is for them to identify strong and weak claims and evidence and then give each other feedback on their writing.
Following the discussions, students will complete discussion reflections, which help them to identify what they heard, how they contributed, and anything they want to add to their own argumentative writing.
By the end of the week, students should:
- Meet with a peer or small group to revise drafts, using checklist.
- Meet with a peer or small group to edit drafts, using checklist.
- Meet with the teacher for a brief period for a conference.
- Write the final draft and present it, including multimedia components and visual displays