LESSON: IDENTIFYING AND WRITING
ARGUMENTS
Guiding Questions: Why
college education is important? How to support a claim with textual evidence?
Lesson Description: Students complete reading the NYT
article “Even for Cashiers, College Pays Off” by David Leonhardt. While
reading, students are asked to highlight/underline arguments
for and against college education in different colors. In class, student work
in small groups to identify opposing arguments in the article. They fill out a
table by paraphrasing and selecting quotes from the article. Then, students select
a point of view and write a short argument supporting it with personal examples
and textual evidence.
Learning
Objectives:
· Applying close reading strategies
· Identifying opposing views
· Using textual evidence and personal
examples to support a claim
Materials:
· Lesson handouts
· Color highlighters
Lesson
Steps:
1. As homework
assignment, ask students to read the article using close reading strategies and
highlight/underline opposing views on college education.
2. In class,
divide students into pairs. Ask students to fill out the table using quotes and/or
paraphrasing information from the article. Remind students to include page and
paragraph numbers. (30 min.)
3. As students
are finishing working on the activity, ask one member from each pair to come up
to the board and record an argument. Review the arguments on the board as a
class: ask students to explain why quotes they selected support or oppose the
idea about the importance of college education. Encourage students to add their
personal examples. (30 min.)
4. Ask
students to write an opinion/argumentative paragraph about the importance of college
education for homework.
5. Next class,
review students’ homework by asking them to read aloud their paragraphs. Ask
the class to comment on what they liked about each other’s writing. (10 min.)
Alternative
Review: If you can afford spending more time on review, ask students
who have the same point of view to work in small groups of three. Ask students
to compose a paragraph for or against college education (they can use the
writing done for homework) and record it on big paper. Distribute post-its to
the class, and ask students to post what they liked about each other’s work.
Review each poster and comments it received as a class. (30 min.)
Assessment:
Collect students’ homework and write comments.
For
and Against College Education
Part 1: Pair Work
Work together to identify arguments which support
and oppose the following statement: College
education is important. You can highlight the arguments in different
colors. For each point of view record
the quotes or paraphrases of the quotes in the table below. Remember to include
the page and paragraph numbers.
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College
education is important
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For
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Against
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Please
add any other argument based on your personal knowledge and experience.
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Select a point of view about the importance of
college education: Do you think college education is essential for success? Write
a paragraph which explains your point of view. In your paragraph, state you
point of view and support it with the quotes from the article and your personal
examples.
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