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How do I change? How do I change the world?
How do I change? How do I change the world?
Why this unit and assessment?
Why this unit and assessment?
The Researched Argument unit summative requires students to research an issue, analyze the applicability and reliability of sources from both the databases and the general internet, and use that research to compose a compelling letter to an audience that has power to make change. This is a culminating assignment designed for students to have an opportunity to apply the skills they have acquired throughout the year to a subject about which they are passionate. It asks them to identify a problem and solution and to choose an audience that can work to change the problem. It is important that students are writing for a real audience and purpose and that they understand the impact they can have on the world as an effective reader and writer.
Why this time of year?
Why this time of year?
This unit builds upon the skills learned in Semester 1 and adds independent research and writing to a specific audience for a specific purpose. In order to make emotional appeals to their audience, students will access the sensory specific detail and figurative language they learned in the Narrative and Spoken Word units. In order to create sound logical arguments that will persuade their audience, they will need to employ the CER writing skills they began honing in the Definition unit. Further, the unit with its authentic audience will demand that students call upon the mechanics and grammar rules they have been mastering all year in NoRedInk.
Unit 3 Reading Standards
Unit 3 Reading Standards
Determine the central idea of the text
Identify examples and non examples of central idea statements (off topic, too specific, too general).
Analyze how an author develops the message over the course of the text
Provide and explain supporting details from the beginning, middle, and end of the text to reveal the development of the central idea.
Provide an objective summary of text
Write a clear statement that accurately represents the central idea.
Cite supporting details that maintain focus on the central idea.
Do not include personal opinion, analysis, or bias in the summary.
Determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how an author uses rhetoric to advance that point of view or purpose.
Identify an author’s point of view (perspective) in a text as shaped by credentials, identity, and/or relationship to the audience.
Describe the text’s potential or actual audience and their needs, beliefs, or values.
Identify the specific effect of a rhetorical choice (Ethos, Pathos, Logos) and explain how this effect advances the purpose of the text.
Unit 3 Writing Standards
Unit 3 Writing Standards
Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question) or solve a problem.
Narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate.
Synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.
Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.
Gather relevant information from multiple authoritative print and digital sources, using advanced searches effectively.
Assess the usefulness of each source in answering the research question.
Develop claim(s) and counterclaims fairly, supplying evidence for each while pointing out the strengths and limitations of both in a manner that anticipates the audience's knowledge level and concerns.
Integrate information into the text selectively to maintain the flow of ideas, avoiding plagiarism and following a standard format for citation.
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