LESSON PLAN 3

EQ: How can you always be right?

Content Question: Why is it important in daily life to be able to construct a coherent argument that is supported by evidence?

6.RN.4.1: Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, distinguishing claims that the author supports with reasons and evidence from claims that are not supported.

 

LESSON THREE

 BELL RINGER

DIRECT INSTRUCTION over REASONING Links to an external site.

MODEL reading article aloud and identifying evidence from the text.  Article: "Perspectives on Violence" Links to an external site. (CommonLit.org)

CENTER 1: Vocab- Complete a "Morphological Tree" graphic organizer based on vocabulary in your small group reading text. 

CENTER 2: Practice standard- ThinkCERCA Reasoning Assignment Links to an external site.

CENTER 3: Discussion- review document "Perspectives on Violence" and discuss, "Both Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X were black men living during a time when civil rights were limited. Both passages from the two men were given in the same year. Imagine you were a young person during this time. Which perspective on violence would have resonated with you the most? Why? Explain your answer."

*Then, complete the graphic organizer "Find a Purpose for Reading: Create a Pro & Con Chart" based on the discussion with your group.

MODEL comparing & contrasting texts. Use CommonLit resources: The Lion & the Mouse vs. Malala Yousafzai: A Normal yet Powerful Girl. Links to an external site. 

Graphic organizers can be found in Katherine McKnight's handbook. Links to an external site.

READ small group assigned literature text 

EXIT