Unit 3: Argumentation

Unit 3: Argumentation

Multiple Choice

What is a fact?

¿Qué es un hecho?

• Something you can prove

• Something you believe

Multiple Choice

What is an opinion?

¿Qué es un opinión?

• Something you can prove

• Something you believe

Multiple Select

Choose which sentences are facts.

Elija qué oraciones son hechos.

• America is the best country ever.

• America is next to Mexico and Canada.

• Spring Break is my favorite school break.

• Spring Break lasts for a week.

• Mrs. Bryarly usually drinks coffee every morning.

Multiple Choice

What is a claim?

¿Qué es un declaracion?

• Explanation of why an opinion is valid

• Facts and proof

• An opinion about a topic

Multiple Choice

What is a reason?

¿Qué es un razón?

• Explanation of why an opinion is valid

• Facts and proof

• An opinion about a topic

Multiple Choice

What is a evidence?

¿Qué es un razón?

• Explanation of why an opinion is valid

• Facts and proof

• An opinion about a topic

Multiple Choice

Which one is a claim?

¿Cuál es un declaracion?

• School should be all year round.

• Studies show that students remember what they learned the previous year when there isn't such a large break between school years.

• If students go to school all year, then they will do better in school.

Multiple Choice

Which one is a reason?

¿Cuál es un razón?

• School should be all year round.

• Studies show that students remember what they learned the previous year when there isn't such a large break between school years.

• If students go to school all year, then they will do better in school.

Multiple Choice

Which one is evidence?

¿Cuál es un evidencia?

• School should be all year round.

• Studies show that students remember what they learned the previous year when there isn't such a large break between school years.

• If students go to school all year, then they will do better in school.

Point of View

Punto de Vista

• 1st person: the narrator is a character in the story. El narrador es un personaje de la historia.

• 2nd person: the narrator is talking to the reader. El narrador está hablando con el lector.

• 3rd person: the narrator reads the story and is not inside it. El narrador lee la historia y no está dentro de ella.

Multiple Select

Which two (2) sentences are 1st person point of view?

¿Cuáles dos oraciones son el punto de vista de la primera persona?

• Spring Break was last week.

• I went to Texas over Spring Break.

• You probably slept and played games all week.

• My daughter spent the week with her grandparents.

• Now, there are only 7 weeks left in the school year.

Multiple Select

Which two (2) sentences are 3rd person point of view?

¿Cuáles dos oraciones son el punto de vista de la tercera persona?

• Spring Break was last week.

• I went to Texas over Spring Break.

• You probably slept and played games all week.

• My daughter spent the week with her grandparents.

• Now, there are only 7 weeks left in the school year.

Multiple Select

How do we know that this sentence is 2nd person point of view?

"You probably slept and played games all week."

• It talks about Spring Break.

• It's talking to me as the reader.

• It uses the word "you".

• It is an opinion.

Author's Purpose

El propósito del autor

• To inform: to give information to the reader (dar información al lector)

• To entertain: to make the reader have fun (hacer que el lector se divierta)

• To persuade: to argue or convince the reader (argumentar o convencer al lector)

Multiple Select

What is the author's purpose in this passage?

¿Cuál es el propósito del autor en este pasaje?

"Once upon a time, in a land far away, there lived a beautiful princess. She was locked in a castle in the highest tower and was guarded by a dragon. Many knights came to rescue her, but all of them were eaten. The end."

• To inform

• To entertain

• To persuade

Multiple Select

What is the author's purpose in this passage?

¿Cuál es el propósito del autor en este pasaje?

"Almost every culture has a mythos that involves a giant, serpent-like creature. In Europe, these serpents are called dragons and feature four legs and wings. They are frequently depicted as being able to breathe fire."

• To inform

• To entertain

• To persuade

Multiple Select

What is the author's purpose in this passage?

¿Cuál es el propósito del autor en este pasaje?

"Everyone should believe in dragons. There is some evidence that suggests that there were actually flying, lizard-like dinosaurs that used to exist millions of years ago! Dragons probably didn't exist during the times of castles and princesses, but I think that they definitely existed."

• To inform

• To entertain

• To persuade

Multiple Select

What is the author's purpose in this passage?

¿Cuál es el propósito del autor en este pasaje?

"Dragons are usually depicted as lizards. Lizards are members of the reptile family. Reptiles are cold-blooded and lay eggs. Many lizards are carnivores--meaning that they eat meat."

• To inform

• To entertain

• To persuade

The Parts of an Argument

• Topic: the problem that is being discussed

• Claim: the author's opinion about the topic

• Reasons: why the author believes their claim is valid (correct)

• Evidence: facts and examples to support the author's reasons

Multiple Choice

What is the author's claim in this passage?

¿Cuál es la afirmación del autor en este pasaje?

"Cellphones are a major part of every teenager's life. Teens can use cell phones to keep in contact with other people and research information. However, cell phones can also be a distraction when they should be paying attention to other things. Students should leave their cell phones at home and not take them to school or other events where they need to pay attention to their surroundings."

• Cellphones should be allowed in the classroom.

• Every teenager should have a cellphone.

• Teens should use their phones responsibly.

• Cellphones are bad for teenagers.

Multiple Choice

What is the author's claim in this passage?

¿Cuál es la afirmación del autor en este pasaje?

"In the past few months, the COVID-19 vaccine has become more available. At the same time, students have been doing worse in school all year. Next year, in August 2021, students need to return to school. Students learn better in the classroom, and classrooms are much safer now than last year."

• Students should all be learning in-person next school year.

• The vaccine is effective in getting rid of COVID-19.

• Schools need to do more to protect students in the classroom.

• Students should continue learning virtually.