April 7 ELA lesson plans

Course/ Subject/Unit: Pre Ap Literature/Composition

Date of Instruction: 04/07/23

ELAGSE9-10RI5: Analyze in detail how an author’sideas or claims are developed and refined by particularsentences, paragraphs, or larger portions of a text (e.g., a section or chapter).

ELAGSE9-10RI4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language of a court opinion differs from that of a newspaper).

ELAGSE9-10RI6: Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how an author uses rhetoric to advance that point of view or purpose

Learning Target:

1. Read Closely and Analyze the Development of an Argument

2. Explain how rhetorical features contribute to meaning and effect

3. Identify Stated and Implied Claims

Success Criteria:

1. Creating Descriptive outlines

2. Students will exercise paraphrasing

3. Students will write analytical paragraphs

Activities & Assignments

FFW

Class will begin with a discussion about argumentative claims and MINI claims. We will locate and discuss a few of the miniclaims before searching for the main claim in the article. 

From here we will preview the vocab from the last paragraph and rewrite it in our own words. At this point we will locate the primary claim from the article and analyze it. From here we will work to assign blame in the decline of the American summer job. The teacher will guide students in their efforts to assign this blame and justify it. 

Class will conclude with frame sentence introductions and a final paragraph writing activity.