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●​ Summary of Images of Light and Dark in Romeo and Juliet ●​ Evaluate Student Samples ●​ 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 ●​ 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. ●​ New York Times Student Review Contest ●​ Create a poster of the imagery and lines related to light and dark, making connections to the theme of love being blind Multilingual Learners will interpret language arts narratives by ●​ Identifying themes or central ideas that develop over the course of the text. ●​ Evaluating the impact of specific word choices on meaning, tone, and explicit vs. implicit points of view. Multilingual Learners will construct language arts arguments that ●​ Introduce and develop precise claims and address counterclaims. ○​ Declarative statements to frame topic, provide background information, state claim, and acknowledge counterclaim (In “Social Media as Community,” Keith Hampton argues that those who use social media feel less socially isolated even though they may have fewer close relationships than people 20 years ago.) ○​ Use connectors to introduce alternative points of view (although, on the other hand, unlike, contrary to common belief) ●​ Support claims and refute counterclaims with valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence. ○​ Connectors to elaborate an idea/interpretation (so, this means, therefore, leading one to believe, a way to this about this)

Extension (Make it Real)

Language Expectations for Multilingual Learners

Source: WIDA English Language Development Standards Framework, 2020 Edition

Essential Vocabulary ●​ Claim / counterclaim

●​ Logical Fallacy ●​ Credible sources ●​ Ambiguous arguments

●​ Verify evidence ●​ Explicit evidence ●​ Irrelevant evidence

●​ Synthesis ●​ Delineate

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

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