Standard: ELAGSE8RI6: Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and
analyze how the author acknowledges and responds to conflicting evidence or
viewpoints.
Essential Question: How can I determine how an author connects and distinguishes ideas in a text to present an argument?
Warm-up:
1. Much to Neely's surprise Grub worked fast and efficiently. Not that he was usually opposed to work. He always started any chore Mom gave him to do without much complaining. It was just that he tended to lose track of what he was doing and wander off in a daydream long before the job was finished. But cleaning up the old nursery seemed to hold his attention better than ordinary work. And as he swept and dusted, from behind his T-shirt mask there came the familiar sound of humming.
Grub was _____ .
a. committed
b. disappointed
c. ordinary
d. critical
2. They didn't have electronic scoreboards in those days. Instead, a "scoreboard boy" would hang a number on a board after each inning. Teams rarely scored ten runs in a single inning, and the scoreboard boy didn't have a board with the number 10 on it. He
frantically got a can of white paint and a piece of wood to make one.
He _____ .
a. resigned
b. struggled
c. improvised
d. celebrated
Work Session:
-The teacher will assist students in analyzing the article entitled “Beyond Black History Month” and review the discussion questions.
-In mixed ability reading groups, students will analyze Langston Hughes’s poem, “I, Too, Sing America.”
Closing: Students will discuss strategies for argument used in the article and compare it to strategies used in their Shark Tank proposals.
Homework: None