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Unpacking embedded assessment 2: preparing for argumentative Writing
aCTIvITy 2.10
Learning Targets
• Identify the knowledge and skills needed to complete Embedded Assessment 2 successfully and reflect on prior learning that supports the knowledge and skills needed.
• Examine the essential components and organizational structure of a successful essay of argumentation.
expository essay explaining a topic. In this part of the unit, you will expand on your writing skills by writing an argumentative essay to persuade an audience to agree with your position on an issue.
Making Connections
INdepeNdeNT In the first part of this unit, you learned how to conduct research and to write an readING lINk
Essential Questions speeches. Speeches are often
Now that you have analyzed how advertising affects young people, would you change your answer to the first Essential Question on the role that advertising plays in young people’s lives? If so, how would you change it?
Developing Vocabulary
made to persuade an audience on a topic. You might consider reading famous speeches
or informational texts about issues on which you have a definite position. Use your Reader/Writer Notebook to create a reading plan and respond to any questions, comments, or reactions you
Look at your Reader/Writer Notebook and review the new vocabulary you learned might have to your reading.
as you studied the research process and expository writing. Which words do you know in depth, and which words do you need to learn more about?
Unpacking Embedded Assessment 2
Read the assignment for Embedded Assessment 2: Writing an Argumentative Essay.
Your assignment is to write an argumentative essay that states and supports a claim about an issue of importance to you.
In your own words, summarize what you will need to know to complete this assessment successfully. With your class, create a graphic organizer to represent the skills and knowledge you will need to complete the tasks identified in the Embedded Assessment.
You can also jot notes in your Independent Reading Log. Refer to those notes as you participate in discussions with your classmates about how the speeches or information affect the choices people make.
My Notes
Read and Respond
In this part of the unit, you will be reading informational texts as well as some well-known
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learNING sTraTeGIes:
QHT, Graphic Organizer, Summarizing, Quickwrite, Note-taking, Drafting
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