RI6.8 and RI6.9 Review

RI.6.8:

Trace and evaluate the argument
and specific claims in a text,
distinguishing claims that are
supported by reasons and evidence
from claims that are not.

An argument expresses a person’s
position (opinion) about a topic and
presents claims to convince others
that the position is valid.

Argument

An effective argument does not appeal to
emotions or rely on someone’s popularity.
Instead, it supplies sound reasons and
evidence to prove each claim.

Argument

Vocabulary for This Week’s Lesson

Trace

Figuring out

Evaluate

Judge whether the
argument is sound.

Claim

Statements the author

presents as true in

order to support his or

her position.

Clear/Valid
Sound

Vocabulary for This Week’s Lesson

Reason

Why you are

stating the claim.

Evidence

Proof that

supports the

claim.

Evaluating Argument

Claim tells WHAT you
believe.

Reasons tell WHY you
believe

Evidence tells HOW you know it
to be true.

Essential Question

★ What makes an argument sound?

★ How can you make an argument relevant?

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Multiple Select

In the following paragraph from “China’s Cultural Revolution,” the underlined

sentence claims that farm collectives were not managed well. CHOOSE TWO more

sentences in the paragraph supporting that claim.

Under Chairman Mao, there was a new system. Farmland was seized from landowners

by the state and established as agricultural collectives. These were groups of farmers

who shared the labor and sold crops to the state. In the beginning this seemed

like a fair plan: no longer would a wealthy aristocrat treat peasants poorly. Local

government would oversee the welfare of the people. However, there were serious

problems with the new system. The land was not always managed well, and drought

often spoiled the crops. Farmers did not make much money from the state because

they had to charge low prices for their produce. As a result, agricultural laborers

began to work less hard.

• Farmers did not make much money from the state because

  they had to charge low prices for their produce.

• As a result, agricultural laborers

  began to work less hard.

• Farmland was seized from landowners

  by the state and established as agricultural collectives.

• These were groups of farmers

  who shared the labor and sold crops to the state.

Multiple Select

Choose one sentence from paragraph 6 of “China’s Cultural Revolution” in which

the author makes an unsupported claim.

This was especially true in the cities, where Mao’s Red Guards carried out a reign of

terror. Anyone suspected of having wealth or holding intellectual interests might

become a victim. The owner of a building might be arrested and worse; a classroom

teacher might be jailed and humiliated, then forced to take on the lowest possible

kind of work. The new government saw these people as class enemies. Keeping the

upper classes down was also practical for Chairman Mao and his followers because it

was a way to retain power for the Communists.

• Anyone suspected of having wealth or holding intellectual interests might

  become a victim.

• Keeping the

  upper classes down was also practical for Chairman Mao and his followers because it

  was a way to retain power for the Communists.

Multiple Select

Which two facts from “China’s Cultural Revolution” provide evidence that the Chinese feudal system might have ended eventually without the Cultural Revolution?

• Before the Cultural Revolution, the peasants had to pay rent, taxes, and fines.

• Before the Cultural Revolution, some farmers began to work for their own gain.

• Before the Cultural Revolution, millions of agricultural workers lived in poverty.

• Before the Cultural Revolution, most rural peasants worked for a wealthy landowner.

• Before the Cultural Revolution, groups of workers sometimes rebelled against

  feudal lords.

Multiple Choice

(Number 4 in the book)

Choose the boxed words or phrases that best complete the sentences.

Red Scarf Girl most likely takes place during the __________.

• 1940s

• 1960s

Multiple Choice

(Number 4 in the book)

Choose the boxed words or phrases that best complete the sentences.

The family burns their photos

because the Cultural Revolution prohibits items that ____________.

• reveal class privilege

• reflect Communist values

Multiple Select

Which three responses explain why the mother in Red Scarf Girl burns photos that

show long gowns and mandarin jackets?

Read the answer choices and NOT the letters.

• The clothing makes everyone look equal.

• The clothing represents a lifestyle from the past.

• The clothing is considered fourolds.

• The clothing has faded with age.

• The clothing is expensive.

Multiple Choice

Part A

Which claim is best supported in the article “China’s Cultural Revolution”?

• Chairman Mao put into effect a series of Five-Year Plans that improved life for

  working people.

• Chairman Mao’s Cultural Revolution drastically changed the lives of the Chinese

  people.

• Chairman Mao showed that wealthy business people and landlords were

  responsible for China’s problems.

• Chairman Mao’s system of agricultural collectives encouraged farmers to work

  harder so they could earn more.

Multiple Select

Part B

Select three sentences from the passage that support the answer in Part A.

• “Mao put into effect a series of Five-Year Plans meant to transform the nation.”

  (paragraph 1)

• “From time to time, the peasants rebelled against the feudal lords.” (paragraph 3)

• “For centuries, Chinese peasants had suffered terribly, but now they had a voice

  and some power.” (paragraph 9)

• “A farming family could own the land it worked, and education became available

  to the masses.” (paragraph 9)

• “No longer did the people engage in civil wars as there were no more rival

  kingdoms to defend.” (paragraph 10)

Multiple Choice

(Number 7 in the book)

Choose the boxed words or phrases that best complete the sentences.

The author of Red Scarf Girl would _______ with author Joseph Vitale’s statement that “Mao’s Red Guards carried out a reign of terror.”

• Agree

• Disagree

Multiple Choice

(Number 7 in the book)

Choose the boxed words or phrases that best complete the sentences.

The passage describes her family’s _________________ the requirements of the Red Guard.

• defiance of

• compliance with