BHS ELA Instructional Guide

Scaffolding in Action

● Prewriting Strategies ● Chunking an Extended Essay ● 5 Paragraph Outline ● MLA Format (Nearpod) ● Evaluate ● Mini Moves for Writers Videos - Argument Writing Unit ● Write the World (competitions and writing groups for teens) ● Submit to school’s newspaper or literary journal ● New York Times Student Review Contest ● Turn it into an OpEd and submit to the newspaper ● Petition to the school Principal and BLT to change the current school cell phone policy. Multilingual Learners will interpret and construct language arts arguments by ● Analyzing use of rhetoric and details to advance point of view or purpose ● Support claims and refute counterclaims with valid reasoning and relevant and suffcient evidence through… ○ Literary devices to support evidence and interpretation (similes and metaphors, alliteration, idioms, fgurative and sensory words/phrases) ● Logically organize claims, counterclaims, reasons, and evidence; offer a conclusion with recommendations through… ○ Comparing/contrasting connectors to differentiate between claims and counterclaims (unlike, as opposed to, contrasted with, conversely, similarly, inspire of that)

Skill Building

Extension (Make it Real)

Language Expectations for Multilingual Learners

Source: WIDA English Language Development Standards Framework, 2020 Edition

Essential Vocabulary ● Signifcance of claims ● Varied Syntax

● Analysis ● Logical reasoning

● Interpreting evidence ● Relevancy ● Elaboration

Additional Resources

Gallagher, Kelly and Penny Kittle. “Chapter 8: Argument.” 180Days . Heinemann, 2018, p. 189-208. Hillocks, George Jr. Teaching Argument Writing, 6-12 . Heinemann, 2011.

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