This unit has been designed to provoke students to take a stand on the controversial topic of racial profiling. The issues surrounding this topic are complex and entangled in related subject to the extent that a change in one area might dramatically affect other claims in an argument. This unit will help students discover the academic moves Bob Herbert make sin his professional essay so that they can use similar strategies in their own essays. As student work through the activities in each section of this unit, they will be prompted to articulate what they have discovered so they understand metacognitively how to develop an argument by deconstructing an article that demonstrate the effective use of all three persuasive appeals for a single purpose.
Click here for ERWC student activities packet. Click here for ERWC student grammar packet. Click here for link to this unit's reading. Click here for Persuasive Essay Research Toolkit - (instructions and activities included)
22 October, Mon.- SWBAT make connections between their personal worlds and the world of the text by activating prior knowledge and experience related to the text by writing a quickwrite to focus their attention to old and new ideas.
Turn in all activities and articles from Op-Ed unit
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Activity 1 (p.39) Quickwrite: What do you know about racial profiling? What do you think about it? Write for 5 minutes. then share your response with a partner.
Thesis Review
HW: Op-Ed Essay and Letter to the Editor due online tonight by 11:59p.m. - No hard copy necessary.
23/24 October, Tues./Wed (Block)- Benchmark Common Assessment
25 October, Thursday - SWBAT interpret and integrate information from multiple sources; compare and contrast diverse perspectives during a fishbowl activity.
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Grammar Activity 1: I will read a paragraph and students will take notes on what they've heard. They will reconstruct the paragraph using their notes. Then they will answer the Q's #1-4. We will review answers as a class
Oct. 30/31 (Block)- SWBAT prepare for a Fishbowl Activity in which they will work with peers to promote civil, democratic discussions.
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Answer the Fishbowl prep questions
Class Discussion using their questions - 20 mins per group. Take notes on the discussion when in outer circle.
Fishbowl Reflection
HW -Submit Op-Ed to publication by Nov. 8 CLICK HERE FOR FISHBOWL MAKE UP ASSIGNMENT
Nov. 1, Thurs. SWBAT delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether th re reasoning is valud and the evidence is relevant and sufficient. [CCSS.RI. 11-12.8]
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Grammar Modals: Grammar Activity 4 and 5
Activity 12: PAPA Square
HW: Grammar Activity 4-5
Nov. 2, fri.- SWBAT document their persuasive essay research by completing Research Toolkit p. 7.
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Grammar Activity 6 (pp. 80-81)
HW - [1] Grammar Activity 6 (p.80-81), Grammar packet is due tomorrow.
Nov. 5, Mon.- SWBAT use their gathered evidence to compose a draft independently for they persuasive research essay.
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Begin draft: Read through ERWC (non-grammar) Activity 19 (pp. 49-51).