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English I

Goal 3, Objective 3.04

Goal 3

The learner will examine argumentation and develop informed opinions.

Objective 3.04

Demonstrate the ability to read, listen to and view a variety of increasingly complex print and non-print argumentative texts appropriate to grade level and course literary focus, by:

  • selecting, monitoring, and modifying as necessary reading strategies appropriate to readers' purpose.
  • identifying and analyzing text components (such as organizational structures, story elements, organizational features) and evaluating their impact on the text.
  • providing textual evidence to support understanding of and reader's response to text.
  • demonstrating comprehension of main idea and supporting details.
  • summarizing key events and/or points from text.
  • making inferences, predicting, and drawing conclusions based on text.
  • identifying and analyzing personal, social, historical or cultural influences, contexts, or biases.
  • making connections between works, self and related topics.
  • analyzing and evaluating the effects of author's craft and style.
  • analyzing and evaluating the connections or relationships between and among ideas, concepts, characters and/or experiences.
  • identifying and analyzing elements of argumentative environment found in text in light of purpose, audience, and context.

Resources aligned to this objective

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Lesson plans on the web

Building Vietnam War scavenger hunts through web-based inquiry
After reading a book about the Vietnam War, students, working in small groups, adopt the perspective of members of a group involved in the war (e.g., soldier, nurse, doctor, photojournalist, TV reporter) and conduct Internet research to explore how that particular group was affected. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9 English Language Arts, Social Studies, and Computer Technology Skills)
Provider: IRA/NCTE
Copyright infringement or not? The debate over downloading music
In this lesson, students investigate the controversial topic of downloading music from the Internet as part of a persuasive debate unit. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9 English Language Arts)
Provider: IRA/NCTE
Critical reading: Two stories, two authors, same plot?
This lesson encourages students to read and respond critically to two different pieces of literature with the same title. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9–10 English Language Arts)
Provider: IRA/NCTE
Exploring language and identity: Amy Tan's Mother Tongue and beyond
Students examine Amy Tan's “Mother Tongue” and produce personal narratives that examine language and identity issues. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9 English Language Arts)
Provider: IRA/NCTE
Exploring literature through letter writing groups
Working in groups, students will explore a work of literature by exchanging a series of open-ended letters. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9 English Language Arts)
Provider: IRA/NCTE
Finding Common Ground: Using Logical, Audience-Specific Arguments
In this lesson that focuses on the art of persuasion and argumentation, students use a hypothetical situation to predict and articulate the audience’s predicted resistance to their arguments. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9 and 11 English Language Arts)
Provider: IRA/NCTE
Graffiti wall: Discussing and responding to literature using graphics
In collaborative groups, students create graphics that illustrate elements of fiction in student-selected novels. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9 English Language Arts)
Provider: IRA/NCTE
Id, ego, and superego in Dr. Seuss's “Cat in the Hat”
In this lesson, students explore plot, theme, characterization, and psychoanalytical criticism using The Cat in the Hat. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9 English Language Arts)
Provider: IRA/NCTE
Identifying and understanding the fallacies used in advertising
Students examine the fallacies that they encounter daily through exposure to advertising. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts)
Provider: IRA/NCTE
So what do you think? Writing a review
After examining samples of movie, music, restaurant, and book reviews, students devise guidelines for writing interesting and informative reviews. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts)
Provider: IRA/NCTE