Welcome!Language Arts

Ms. Marek

Friday, February 3, 2012

Independent Reading

Retrieve your library book

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Schedule

• Quiz on MONDAY – review vocab

Monday Allergic Reaction! OH NO!Tuesday Purpose / AudienceWednesday Purpose / AudienceThursday Audience / PositionFriday Position / Celebrations

OBJECTIVE

SWBAT identify author’s opinion and analyze text for bias

Think*Write*Share*

In your opinion who will win the Super Bowl this Sunday?

Support your opinion with facts about the teams!

Author’s Opinion

Position Perspective Viewpoint Bias

Author’s Opinion In persuasive writing, the authors convince his

audience to agree with his opinion The author argues her opinion throughout the text Effective authors use evidence or facts to support

their opinion because facts are indisputable. Facts cannot be argued against, because they are true.

An argument is called valid, when it is constructed so well that you cannot argue against it.

Effective arguments anticipate the opinion of the audience in order to address and dispute other perspectives

Good pieces of evidence ..

Facts– Statistics– Evidence from formal studies

Reliable sources– Experts in the field

1st hand accounts– People who have witnessed or experienced the event or

situation

Process steps

6. Summarize the author's argument in one sentence.

7. Why should we agree with the author? What reasons does s/he provide to support his/her argument

8. What evidence does the author use?

The lunch crowd fills restaurants everyday, but high school students

are not allowed to leave campus during lunch. If students are

responsible enough to return to school on time, they should be

allowed to leave campus during lunch. An off campus lunch is

advantageous to the school for many reasons. With an off campus

lunch, schools can reduce the number of students in the cafeteria and

not lose any money. The school currently pays many cafeteria

workers to serve lunch to a large number of students; these jobs

would not have to exist if off-campus lunch was an option. Also,

security guards would not have to worry about stopping students from

leaving school grounds and the force could be cut down and focus on

more important safety issues. Therefore, 80% of jobs could be

reduced and the school could save a substantial amount of money

per year by offering off campus lunch. Also, the high school students

would have more freedom, which is something they need to get used

to as they enter the “real world”.

Author’s Opinion

Read excerpt two from President Obama’s State of the Union Address

Determine President Obama’s opinion about the future of immigration policy

Summarize his argument in one sentence What reasoning does he provide to support his

argument? What evidence does he use? Does he anticipate other arguments? If so, where

and how?

REMINDERS

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Start thinking about a book you

want to read.

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