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UNIT 3
Changing Perspectives
Visual Prompt: How do you think the perspective of the single fish is different from the perspective of the rest of the fish?
Unit Overview
To change one’s perspective is to change one’s viewpoint, opinion, or position about something. How many times have you tried to change someone else’s mind? How often do others try to change your mind? In this unit, you will learn about creating an argument and communicating to particular audiences. You will identify “hot topics” and take a stand on your opinion about one hot topic. Through analyzing informational and argumentative texts, you will see how others write and create argumentative texts. You will debate, and you will write your own argumentative text.
Teacher
Collaborative: Students read a challenging text with a partner to support comprehension and adapt their language choices to their social setting and audience. Students also collaborate to revise their writing.
Interpretive: Students analyze an author’s word choice for style and tone. Students also analyze unknown words as well as the author’s argument in an article.
from an article as they read in order to support comprehension. Students also use reasons as well as persuasive vocabulary to support their opinions and use domain-specific words when speaking and writing.
English Language Development Standards
ELD.PI.6.1 Bridging* Contribute to class, group, and partner discussions by following
UNIT 3
Read aloud the Unit Overview, asking students to mark the text
by highlighting words and phrases that help them predict what the unit will be about. Share responses in partner, small-group, or whole-class discussion.
Have students look at the image and respond to the visual prompt. You may want to have students think-pair- share to write a short response or discuss their responses as a class.
TO Teacher
You can have a lively class discussion on the subject of the
art of persuasion (versus arguing with someone) and “hot topics” that students have strong opinions about. Help students see that effective persuasion is more than just stating an opinion repeatedly; it must include logical and convincing arguments to back up the opinion.
eLL Support
ELD Modes and Processes
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Productive: Students complete graphic
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organizers to help them write to prompts, record
research, and record the key idea and details
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