Objective:  I can identify examples that support an author’s claim.

Bell:  After viewing the last scene in the Julius Caesar film, explain your choice for the “most noble Roman” in the play.  Write a paragraph of five sentences or more and underline your reason/claim and a specific detail or two.

Activities:

1.  Random Share Out:  Discuss the various choices.

2.  Teacher models an exemplar for the response to Question #1(What does the text say?) regarding Brutus’s soliloquy.

2.  Independent Reading:  Read “Lessons From Guns and a Goose” and write a sentence that identifies the author’s claim.  One can be found in the argumentative essay. Kristof Part I and Kristof Part 2

3.  Think Pair/Share:  Answer questions 1-9 on the worksheet. Kristof Worksheet

3.  Focus Discussion:  What is the writer’s claim?  How does he support his view?