Final Unit Plan
Michael Bruce Hill
July 6, 2015
Professor Tate
EDU 501
Summary: To be able to write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence. (Common Core)
Writing Standards
Text Types and Purposes
1. Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
a. Introduce claim(s), acknowledge and distinguish the claim(s) from alternate or opposing claims, and organize the reasons and evidence logically.
b. Support claim(s) with logical reasoning and relevant evidence, using accurate, credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic or text.
c. Use words, phrases, and clauses to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among claim(s), counterclaims, reasons, and evidence.
d. Establish and maintain a formal style.
e. Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the argument presented. (Common Core)
Michael Bruce Hill
Unwrapping My Plan for 8th Grade ELA Students
Objective: To be able to write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
Prerequisite Skills
1. Introduce opposing claims and their reasons logically.
2. Support claims with relevant evidence using credible sources.
3. Clarify relations between claims, counterclaims, reasons, and evidence.
4. Use a formal style.
5. Conclude in a way that logically follows from the premises.
Key Terms (vocabulary) Definition Student-friendly
Writing Argument's promotes fair and objective points of view. It's important to stay within bounds of fairness and avoid bias. The writer can stand their grounds in their argument but, in order for your argument to be credible, it is important to acknowledge others points of view. There’s no apparent strategy to measure your unfair summary, but it can be avoided by following a few guidelines, don’t distort a position or expertise and don’t oversimplify someone’s argument point of view. Other ways to make sure your writing a fair summary is to make sure the support of the argument is not misleading or distorted, the writer should avoid misleading evidence or misrepresent the evidence in the presenting. Avoid quotes out of context to change the meaning of the quotes. Avoid using unfair appeals. Normally, in an argumentative essay there are three types of appeals to your audience (1) logical appeals, appeals to the reasonable side of your audience, (2) emotional appeals,
For the learner’s evidence to be sufficient, it needs to relevant and proves that the learner is competent. The evidence must mean something to the learner and must not just be used for the sake of it. The evidence must be clear and logical and must meet the learning outcomes and assessment criteria.
I also prepared my arguments beforehand. I then supported each of my claims or claims by solid arguments based on factual and objective.
A strong written argument is supported by several methods that are used to legitimize the author’s position as well as to discredit any counterargument brought forth. The techniques include introducing a counterargument and weakening it’s position with evidence. Providing legitimate academic research such as statistics as well as anecdotes from scholars on the given subject can reinforce the author’s argument. Another important method used is requiring the reader to critically think about a subject brought forth by challenging their preconceived ideas about a topic. This may also include using hidden assumptions that use implicit statements which have a certain opinion such as “If I follow the rules, good things will happen”, this is common
An argument is a claim supported by reasons and pieces of evidence. Arguments have five primary attributes. Firstly, argumentation is a social process which involves two or more parties responding to one another’s proposal or claim. For the case of a written argument, the writer responds to the content of the essay through a critique process. The responses should not only involve restating the same claims and reasons but rather providing supportive pieces of evidence to the positions taken accordingly. Secondly, the aim of an argument is to make the audience adhere to the written critique. The objective is to influence the audience with the aim of gaining support to
Introduce the first main point of the argument. Then, provide evidence from the sources. Multiple pieces of evidence should be provided to support the main point.
Directions: After developing an outline to organize your reasons and evidence, construct your essay below. Don’t forget to explain how your evidence supports your reasoning, and not just explain what the quote means.
Modern technology has not made the creation of original arguments easy on us. With the progression of the internet, we have access to the answers to virtually any question we have.
In this article titled “Analyzing Arguments: Those You Read and Those You Write” goes over multiple strategies and examples to help you analyze the meaning and purpose of a specific argument and how to strengthen your own.
1. I wrote arguments in my persuasive and literary analysis to fulfill standard one. I used my research as evidence and combined that with my prior knowledge to make educated arguments to support my claims. I spent time going through information and analyzing the information to find sufficient evidence.
The purpose of this assignment is to make us capable to argue our claims with evidences. Moreover, it also learnt to be aware of the other side of the argument by writing the counter argument.
Create an outline for the Debate Paper that will be used to write the paper. Include all references to be used in the paper.
In order to effectively convince an audience that a certain claim is true, it is necessary to use both evidence from a variety of sources and different rhetorical devices to make your claim seem valid.
The expression argument has two meanings in scholarly writing. First, it means a composition that takes a position on one side of a divisive issue. You might write an argument against the death penalty, or for or against censorship of pornography. But argument has another meaning, too. It means an essay that, simply, argues a point. You might assemble an argument about the significance of ancestor myths in a certain aborigine culture, or you might write an argument defending your understanding of any poem or essay that is read in your philosophy class. (Winthrop University) You are not necessarily taking one side of a divisive issue, but you are required to defend your points with credible evidence. You are taking a position. In a sense,
Establish the reliability of the argument by employing one or more of the seven types of evidence discussed in Bedford, p. 518.