Unit 1 Intro Lesson

Outsiders & Outcasts

Do people need to belong? ​

Today's Goals:

• Explore the unit's essential question.

• Recognize parts of argumentative writing.

• Identify an author's claim.

• Prepare for Monday's reading.

On the next few slides, you will be asked if you agree or disagree with the topics we will cover in this unit.

Choose a side!

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Anticipation Statements

Poll

Agree or Disagree: Being weird is a bad thing.

• Agree

• Disagree

Poll

Agree or Disagree: You should do everything you can to help your family, even if they don't appreciate it.

• Agree

• Disagree

Poll

Agree or Disagree: Being misunderstood is a part of life.

• Agree

• Disagree

Poll

Agree or Disagree: If someone is an outsider, you should do your best to include them.

• Agree

• Disagree

​We will continue to explore these ideas throughout our unit.

On the next slide, we will review some important vocabulary.

Review these academic vocabulary words. Consider: What do they have in common?

Draw

Draw an image related to these words:

Contradict- assert the opposite of a statement

Argue- Give reasons against a statement

Objection- disagreeing or opposing

Verify- make sure something is true

Advocate- recommend or support

Match

Match the element of an argument with its definition:

• Claim

• Evidence

• Reasoning

Your stance on an argument.

Information that supports you claim.

Justification of the claim.

• Your stance on an argument.

• Information that supports you claim.

• Justification of the claim.

​Next, we will read the first text of the year! This text can be found in the online textbook as well as your workbook on page 130.

As we read, look closely for the author's claim, evidence, and reasoning.


Click here for the text.

Multiple Choice

What was the author's claim?

• There is nothing wrong with a person who is described as weird.

• 
  Ben Franklin was wealthy and weird.

• 
  Weird is an adjective that means "unusual or strange."

We will continue to discuss argumentive writing later in this unit.


On the next slide, watch a trailer for our whole group reading, "The Metamorphosis."

Word Cloud

In one to two words, what vibes are you getting from the trailer?