SSK Unit 4.2 Planning Guide

Instructional Strategies/ActivitiesHISD PLANNING GUIDEEnglish Language Arts Grade 7SUMMER SCHOOLSimilarities and DifferencesGraphic Organizers- Persuasive Texts Comparison Matrix (ELA.7.Fig19D)Once students have discussed and analyzed the persuasive texts, instruct students to create a visual representation ofthe similarities and differences of persuasive techniques used in each text, then evaluate their effectiveness.Persuasive Techniques andAppeals UsedEvaluate: Effective? Y / NEvaluate: Effective? Y / NText AText BSimilaritiesDifferencesExplain your reasoning:SimilaritiesExplain your reasoning:DifferencesSee Persuasive Texts Comparison Matrix and Marzano’s Classroom Instruction that Works in Resources.Cues, Questions, and Advance OrganizersGraphic Organizers- Dialectical Journal: Persuasive Analysis (ELA.7.Fig19D, ELA.7.11A, ELA.7.11B)Use Dialectical Journals as a method for annotation and commentary. Students record rhetorical devices on the left,textual evidence in the center, and create an analysis or commentary about the text on the right.RhetoricalDevicei.e. Ad hominemor exaggerationTextualEvidenceQuote or excerptfrom textAnalysis/Relation to Media or otherGenreExample prompts to respond to:- This makes me feel…- I was persuaded/not persuaded by thisbecause…- I think this would be more effective if…- This is like…(related concept)because…See Dialectal Journal: Persuasive Analysis and Laying the Foundation: A Resource and Planning Guide for PreAPEnglish Grade Seven in Resources.ResourcesAdopted Instructional Materials• Best Practices Toolkit. Illinois:McDougal Littel, 2010. Facts and Opinions p. A29,A61 Setting a Purpose p. A7, A38• Laying the Foundation a Resourceand Planning Guide for Pre-APGrade Seven. Texas: AdvancedPlacement Strategies, Inc, 2004. Analyzing an Argument p. 228 Analysis of Rhetoric-Persuasion andArgumentation p. 156 Dialectical Journals-Interpreting Logical andEmotional Appeals p. 222 Persuasive Appeals p. 154Supporting Resources• Analyzing an Author’s Evidence• Dialectal Journal: PersuasiveAnalysis• ELA Best Practices MS• List of English Spanish Cognates• Media Element Questions• Organizational Patterns forInformational Texts• Persuasion is All Around You• Persuasive Techniques• Persuasive Texts ComparisonMatrix• Venn DiagramProfessional Texts• Marzano, Robert. ClassroomInstruction that Works. NewJersey: Pearson, 2001. Comparison Matrix p. 19• LeMaster, Jonathan. et al. CriticalReading: Deep ReadingStrategies for Expository TextsTeacher Guide 7-12. California:AVID Center, 2009. Analyzing an Author’sEvidence p. 137 Previewing Reading Aidsp. 18 Rereading: Checking forUnderstanding p. 50 - English Language Proficiency Standards (ELPS) - Literacy Leads the Way Best Practices - Aligned to Upcoming State Readiness Standard- State Process Standard R - State Readiness Standard S - State Supporting Standard© Houston ISD Curriculum2012 – 2013Page 7 of 8