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Consider the debatable claim just mentioned, what types of evidence should be included in the argument to support the claim? There are several types of evidence, such as facts, statistics, examples, observations, quotes, and expert opinions. A successful argument for the claim might include statistics about the reduction of air pollution related to the money spent in previous national budgets, or experts explaining the correlation between air pollution and health risks causing a national emergency.
In the argument writing prompt below, you are asked to answer a question. Your answer will be your claim. Use the essay you just read as your resource to find evidence that supports your claim.
Writing to Sources: Argument
To what extent does one’s background affect his or her perception of a given situation? Write a paragraph that answers this question using “Where Worlds Collide” as your primary source. Be sure to:
• Start with a TAG (title, author, genre) statement that presents your claim.
• Support your claim by referencing multiple pieces of textual evidence from the essay, including juxtaposed images and allusions.
• Emulate the complex syntactic structure that Iyer uses by using a semicolon to combine two related sentences and using a colon to introduce a series in a list.
Group Discussion: Have you ever found yourself in a completely new environment? Though you may have viewed pictures or a brochure depicting the location, suddenly you are taking it all in—in person! What was that experience like?
Were you comfortable or uncomfortable? Overwhelmed or pleasantly surprised? Disappointed or overjoyed? Explain your experience in a group discussion.
INDEPENDENT
READING LINK
Read and Discuss
Think about how the
author of your independent reading succeeds in helping you experience his or her cultural perspective. Provide examples to discuss with your peers. Consider how different the world can appear through someone else’s viewpoint.
My Notes
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TEACHER
Technology Tip
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Review students’ summary of the term allusion.
Look for examples from Iyer’s essay and an understanding of their affect on the meaning of the piece. Use students’ responses to Writing to Sources as a formative assessment. Check to be sure students present a claim and support
it with multiple pieces of textual evidence.
Also be sure that students use colons and semicolons correctly in their writing.
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TO TEACHER
You might hand out the following or a similar paragraph as a model analysis. Then, have students first highlight all evidence in one color, then highlight all commentary in a second color.
The new arrivals to America in
Pico Iyer’s “Where Worlds Collide” are less affected by their new surroundings than they are by
their own expectations of the land and promise that awaits them.
Iyer describes the “unending cacophony” of sounds and the “opportunities [that] are swirling dizzily, promiscuously” within
the newcomers’ vision. Even so,
the barrage of colors and noises
do not suggest that they are
going anywhere but the “Land of Opportunity,” a phrase whose idea
is repeated at least four times. This allusion to the “Promised Land,”
a biblical place that beckoned
God’s chosen people for 40 years,
is synonymous with America, also referenced as a new life they can “claim” and “The City of Angels.” So in spite of images of overwhelming transportation options, overpriced snacks, and overzealous sales pitches, the new arrivals “await” something; their expectations of
the opportunities are not even squelched as they move into their new home. Iyer’s piece strongly suggests that expectations are a part of one’s background, and in this case, expectations are enough to hide otherwise daunting visions from one’s experience.
17 Have students exchange their completed drafts, and then have them annotate and color-code them.
If student drafts are on computers, you can use the comment, highlighting, and track-changes features to annotate and edit them electronically.
18 Remind students to complete the Independent Reading Link.
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If students are struggling to seamlessly
blend quotations into their writing, provide an opportunity for practice. You might assign particular lines of the Iyer piece and ask students to incorporate them into a coherent sentence. Use the sample paragraph above as a model for embedded quotations, including the use of brackets.
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