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(What will you do to meet the needs of students at these different levels?)
On-level
Students on-level should
be able to fully
participate in their
debates and the group
discussion. They should
be able to create a thesis
statement that is either
efficient or somewhat
efficient.
Beyond
Students at this level will
most likely go through the
annotation process quicker
than others and can begin
writing their thesis
statement as well as their
introduction paragraph
when finished doing so.
Curriculum Integration (Does this lesson correlate with any other content area? Describe.)
The research students have done could fall into a wide range of topics/subjects.
Their thesis statements will coincide with their choices.
Material Procedures/Strategies
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Sponge Activity (activity that will be done as students enter the room to get them into the
mindset of the concept to be learned)
Students will have a debate for the first 10 minutes of the class, using their
essay topics and research from the night before. With a partner, they will
argue their claims on their specific topic with their three supporting reasons.
The partners will switch then switch.
Anticipatory Set (focus question/s that will be used to get students thinking about the days
lesson)
Do Now: Take out your homework, the topics youve chosen and the two
sources that go along with it.
Focus Question: How can we create a thesis statement?
Activating Prior Knowledge (what information will be shared with/among students to
connect to prior knowledge/experience )
-What did we learn were the four main parts of argumentative essay?
Briefly Describe
-Okay now we know all the components of an argumentative essay
and for homework you guys chose a topic to write about and found two
articles that support and go against your topic. So, now we can get
ready to start writing.
Direct Instruction (input, modeling, check for understanding)
Although we have everything we need to begin writing, we must first
create our thesis statement to grab the readers attention. Our thesis
statement may change as we go along, but for now we are going to go
over the ways which we create one..
Writing a Good Thesis Statement
It is important to demonstrate the difference between good and bad
thesis statements. These instructions will help you teach the former:
A good thesis statement is short and simple: it should be no longer than
one sentence, regardless of essay length.
Good Example: Success is a result of doing the right things consistently.
Bad Example: In a world full of success gurus and books about success,
it becomes ever so more important to delineate the one trait that
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References:
http://www.brighthubeducation.com/high-school-english-lessons/20762-thesisstatement-lesson-plan/
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