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Here are the teacher pack items for Reading Argumentative Text:
Overview In this experience, students define the characteristics of an argumentative text, including audience, claim, evidence, and counterargument. They identify types of evidence. Then students read a passage and analyze the argument made by the author. After identifying the characteristics and analyzing the evidence and counterarguments, students evaluate the effectiveness of the author’s argument. Objectives Duration
We know that authors write for various reasons. Many times, an author chooses to write an article to communicate his opinions to the reader and to attempt to convince the reader to feel the way he does. In this experience, you will learn more about what argumentative texts are and the characteristics that make an argument effective.
Objectives
Imagine you are trying to convince your parents to buy you a new phone. What do you think would make an effective argument so they would buy it for you?
Discuss student responses. Most students will recognize that begging and pleading won’t work. What might work on parents is presenting factual, relevant reasons about why a young person needs the latest phone.
