How can we construct and present compelling arguments that persuade our audience using logical reasoning and credible evidence?
Global Citizenship: Construct and present arguments on issues of global or local importance.
Collaboration: Engage in respectful debate and feedback sessions with peers.
What techniques can we use to develop strong, clear claims and support them with logical reasoning and relevant evidence?
How can we effectively address counterarguments and opposing viewpoints to strengthen our own arguments?
In what ways can we use rhetorical devices and persuasive language to enhance the impact of our arguments on our audience?
Students will be able to formulate clear and concise claims, supported by logical reasoning and relevant evidence, in their argumentative writing.
Students will be able to identify and address counterarguments effectively, demonstrating the ability to consider and refute opposing viewpoints to strengthen their own arguments.
Students will be able to utilize rhetorical devices and persuasive language to enhance the effectiveness and impact of their arguments.
Formulate clear, specific claims or thesis statements that state their position on the topic they are arguing.
Identify and evaluate credible evidence to support their claims, including facts, statistics, examples, and expert opinions.
Address counterarguments effectively, acknowledging opposing viewpoints and either refuting or accommodating them within their argument.
Use various rhetorical devices and persuasive language techniques (e.g., ethos, pathos, logos, repetition, rhetorical questions) to enhance the persuasiveness and impact of their arguments on their audience.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.8.1: Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.8.4 Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. (Grade-specific expectations for writing types are defined in standards 1-3 above.)
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.8.5 With some guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on how well purpose and audience have been addressed. (Editing for conventions should demonstrate command of Language standards 1-3 up to and including grade 8 here.)
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.8.6 Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and present the relationships between information and ideas efficiently as well as to interact and collaborate with others.
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