Essential Question: What qualities help us survive?
Texts:
Argument Model: "Everyone Should Learn Basic First Aid"
"Through the Tunnel"
Doris Lessing
"The Seventh Man"
Hanuki Murakami
"The MOral Logic of Survival Guilt"
Nancy Sherman
The Voyage of the James Caird from The Endurance
Caroline Alexander
The Value of a Sherpa Life
Grayson Shaffer
from life of pi
Yan Martel
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Analyzing & Writing an argument (Develop a claim, support claim with evidence, analyze the evidence)
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Argumentative Essay