Objective:  I can write a supporting paragraph showing how Kristof achieves a goal with a technique to argue his claim for stronger gun control measures.

BW:  Read the exemplar of a supporting paragraph for the rhetorical analysis of Kristof’s “Lessons from Guns and a Goose.”

Activities:

1.  Share Out:  What does “reasoning” mean when we analyze text.
2. Think Pair/Share:  List phrases in the “reasoning” portion of the exemplar that match with evidence in the quote.
3. Promethean Board:  Students will highlight phrases in the same color along with the portion of the quote/evidence that matches.
4. Think Pair/Share:  Students will compare and contrast Box 4(Why does it work?) with the reasoning highlighted at the board.  How are they similar? Different?
5. Students will write a supporting paragraph showing how Kristof uses a technique to argue his claim by using one or two frames of their homework with the exemplar as a model.  Insure that the claim(technique), goal, evidence, and reasoning are present based on the highlighted illustration on the Promethean Board.