Objective: Students will be able to use informational texts to analyze current events. Analyze informational texts and write a critical analysis. 

Essential Question:  What can we learn by studying informational texts? 

Unit Writing Prompt:  Write a composition in which you analyze information texts. Be sure to use evidence from the texts to support and develop your thinking.

CCSS ELA 9-10 Priority Standards:

Reading Informational: 1. Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

2. Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text. 

Writing: 1. Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.

ELD: Part IA, 2. Interacting via written English: Interacting with others in written English in various communicative forms (print, communicative technology, and multimedia). Part IB, 6. Reading/viewing closely: Reading closely literary and informational texts and viewing multimedia to determine how meaning is conveyed explicitly and implicitly through language. Part IC, 10. Writing: Writing literary and informational texts to present, describe, and explain ideas and information, using appropriate technology. Part IIA, 1. Understanding text structure and organization based on purpose, text type, and discipline Part IIB, 5. Modifying to add details to provide more information and create precision. Part IIC, 7. Condensing ideas within sentences using a variety of language resources.