Objective: I can identify the claim, counterclaim and supporting evidence of an AOW by following the steps in the given worksheet and writing down evidence for each one, participating in a whole-class analysis, and consulting my elbow partner.
Activities:
- SSR: Students will add inferences to their 4-Column Journals.
- Share Out: A volunteer will share her/his entry for whole-class analysis.
- Independent Study: Students will skim/read the AOW about preventing school shootings to box or circle 10 roadblocks.
- Independent: After converting the title into a question, students will read at a regular pace to find the sentence that answers the question and complete the AOW.
- Share Out: What are the main points? How do authors of AOWs indicate main points?
- Independent: Students will read to find answers to the questions posed by each of the subtitles of the AOW and write them in the space provided on the worksheet.