RI.9-10.8: Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is valid and the evidence is relevant and sufficient; identify false statements and fallacious reasoning.
W.9-10.7: Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation
Day 1 of 3:
Do Now Journal __ : Think about children (defined as any person under the age of 18, unless an earlier age of majority is recognized by a country’s law) around the world. If all nations could agree on a set of laws that concern the treatment of children, what kinds of laws do you think would appear in such a set?
Class Activities:
1. Listen and Discussion: why are we learning this?
2. Graph and Discussion: Are any of these statistics surprising? Are there any that you would like to investigate further?
2. Graph and Discussion: Are any of these statistics surprising? Are there any that you would like to investigate further?
3.Listen and Annotate Argument; "After Reading: Research Question"
4. Target Practice: Developing Your Research Question
HW: Research Question and Source Log Due Friday
Day 2 of 3:
Do Now: If you had to take a stand on the importance of memories, what might your position be?
Class Activities:
1. Review and Annotate the SAT essays
2. "After Reading Question" What revisions would you recommend to strengthen the arguments?
3. Quarter 2 EA2 Sample 1: Find Parts of an Argument
4. Q2 EA2 Sample 2: Find Parts of Argument
5.Target Practice: Developing Your Research Question
Day 2 of 3:
Do Now: If you had to take a stand on the importance of memories, what might your position be?
Class Activities:
1. Review and Annotate the SAT essays
2. "After Reading Question" What revisions would you recommend to strengthen the arguments?
3. Quarter 2 EA2 Sample 1: Find Parts of an Argument
4. Q2 EA2 Sample 2: Find Parts of Argument
5.Target Practice: Developing Your Research Question
Day 3 of 3:
Do Now: What further research will you have to do to answer your research question/support your claim?
Class Activities:
1. The Idea of PREsearching (3 mins)
2. PREsearching, then researching, then SOURCE LOG
(Honors using an ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY to keep track of sources)
3. Submission Survey for Conference
4. MLA Citation for Works Cited
-Text or Talk: Is Technology Making You Lonely
5. Organizing Docs (due Tuesday, midnight)
HW: Looking Ahead
- Organizing Docs Due In-class - Dec 7th and 8th -
- Workshop - Dec 8-10
- 1st Draft - Due Dec 11th - midnight
- Peer Editing Dec 11th, 14th, 15th
- Final Draft - Due Dec 15th -midnight
