Lesson 33

Lesson 33

Warm-Up

Next week is Spring Break! Write about your most memorable break or favorite break thus far. Please be descriptive and include details.

KUB: text "Blood on the River"

KNOW=We know what an Argumentative Essay is.

UNDERSTAND = We understand that in an Argumentative Essay, we are taking a Claim/Position on a debatable topic and must prove our point/claim by providing evidence and elaborating on that evidence in our own words.

BE ABLE TO = We will be able to decide whether social factors or environmental factors had the most impact on the Jamestown settlers. We will provide evidence from the book to prove our claim.

Essential Question: How did the social and environmental factors in the unknown world of Jamestown shape its development and decline?

Meaning did humans or nature affect the growth and/ or failure of Jamestown the most?

Argumentative Essay

An argumentative essay is written with the purpose to take a position/claim on a topic and give several reasons, supported by evidence.

On the backside of Handout 34A, read the Exemplar Argument Essay. If you do not have the workbook for Module 3, a copy of the essay has been uploaded into today's Schoology folder. Identify the Claim, Evidence, and Elaboration as you read. You essay should look similar to this example.

Analyze the topic

Which factor (social or environmental) did the settlers of Jamestown struggle with the most? Were there more factors caused by humans or nature?

Open Ended

Now, write your claim (thesis):

Social factors have had the most impact on the settlers of Jamestown__________.

or

Environmental factors have had the most impact on the settlers of Jamestown___________.

Open Ended

Give your 1st reason of why you feel that

_____had the greatest impact on the settlers of Jamestown.

If you have a book, add text evidence.

Elaborate and explain your thinking in detail.

Open Ended

State your 2nd reason why you feel that__________had the most impact on the Jamestown settlers?

Elaborate and explain your thinking in detail.

Tomorrow we will finish by adding our intro and conclusion paragraphs.