Objective:  I can write a fully-developed explanation of a technique used for one chunk of “A Criminologist’s Case Against Gun Control.”

BW:  Use the 4-Step Process:  skeptical(adj), homicides(n), initiative(n), implement(v), functional(adj), prohibition(n)

Activities:

1.  Show the word!
2. Find the author’s claim by turning the title into a question and writing down a sentence on the first page that answers it.
3. Popcorn reading:  the first three chunks of the article.
4. Share Out:  Which writing technique is most obvious?
5. Continue by talking to the text: box unknowns, golden lines, and questions/answers.
6. If time allows, write a fully-developed paragraph that explains how the author uses “asking questions” with a goal and evidence.
7. HW:  Complete your annotations of this article.