AP English III Unit 9

Big Idea:

Students will be able to research both sides of a social issue and through research develop an argument based on their research in which they agree, disagree, or qualify.

Student Expectations:

Priority TEKS

SC10 The course requires students to produce one or more projects such as the researched argument paper, which goes beyond the parameters of a traditional research paper by asking students to present an argument of their own that includes the synthesis of ideas from an array of sources.

SC9 The course requires students to demonstrate research skills and, in particular, the ability to evaluate, use, and cite primary and secondary sources.

Ongoing TEKS

SC3 The course requires students to write in informal contexts (e.g., imitation exercises, journal keeping, collaborative writing, and in-class responses) designed to help them become increasingly aware of themselves as writers and/or aware of the techniques employed by the writers they read.

SC7 The course requires nonfiction readings (e.g., essays, journalism, political writing, science writing, nature writing, autobiographies/biographies, diaries, history, criticism) that are selected to give students opportunities to explain an author’s use of rhetorical strategies or techniques. If fiction and poetry are also assigned, their main purpose should be to help students understand how various effects are achieved by writers’ linguistic and rhetorical choices.

Learning Targets:

• Develop a position based on the researched documents.
• Use evidence from the researched documents to support chosen position.
• Construct an outline in TSIS format.
• Formulate explanation of evidence to support your chosen position.
• Write an argumentative essay in which the position taken (agree, disagree, qualify) is supported by evidence from the researched evidence.

Essential Questions:

• What assertions are made in the researched articles?
• What evidence is given to support the author’s assertions?
• Given the evidence gathered, what is your position?
• Do you agree, disagree, or qualify?
• What evidence from the researched sources supports your position?

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