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Grade Level
Subject
Unit Focus
Persuasive writing
Essential
Questions
Length
3 weeks/ 14 days
Objectives/Goa
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Students will:
their purpose.
Identify an authors purposeful
manipulation of language.
Identify elements of argument within a
speech.
Common
State
Assessment
Core
Resources
AZ.CC.9-10.RI.
Standards
Reading Standards for Informational Text 6-12
AZ.CC.9-10.W.
Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiplemeaning words and phrases based on grades 9-10 reading and
content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
9-10.L.4.a.
Use context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence, paragraph,
or text; a word's position or function in a sentence) as a clue to
the meaning of a word or phrase.
9-10.L.4.d.
Verify the preliminary determination of the meaning of a word or
phrase (e.g., by checking the inferred meaning in context or in a
dictionary).
9-10.L.6.
Acquire and use accurately general academic and
domain-specific words and phrases, sufficient for reading,
writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career
readiness level; demonstrate independence in gathering
vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase
important to comprehension or expression.
January
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
1
12
Introduction to
persuasion
13
Ethos, Pathos,
Logos:
A Modest
Proposal
14
15
MLK I Have a
Dream
16
MLK I Have a
Dream
19
Persuasion:
Organization
Word Choice
20
Facts vs Opinion
Fallacies?
22
Computer Lab:
Research topic
23
Computer Lab:
Research topic
Homework
presentations
(1-3 minutes
each)
21
Choose Topics
(from list or
create topic)
26
Rough draft
27
Peer review
28
Writing
Workshop
29
Essay is due!
30