Nov19 Argumentative Text

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Grade 4 Read/Write

Teacher Facing
November 15, 2024

Unit 3: American Revolution: The Road to
Independence

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Materials

Student

Teacher

● Notebook Notes glued

● Neighborhood Park text
● The Problem with Plastic Straws

● Response Cards

● Slide Deck

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Do Now

1. Around 10,000 years ago, Stone Age people chewed resin
(a sticky material that comes from trees and plants) found in
pine trees. Early Maya Indians chewed chicle (chĭk’ əl). This
came from the bark of sapodilla trees. In the 1600s, the
Pilgrims learned that Native Americans enjoyed the sharp resin
made by spruce trees.

Excerpt from “Gabbing for Gum” used with permission from HMH © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
Read the dictionary entry for the word bark.

Which definition most closely fits the way the word bark is
used in the text?

A.Definition 1
B.Definition 2
C.Definition 3
D.Definition 4

2.Around 10,000 years ago, Stone Age people chewed resin (a
sticky material that comes from trees and plants) found in pine
trees. Early Maya Indians chewed chicle (chĭk’ əl). This came
from the bark of sapodilla trees. In the1600s, the Pilgrims
learned that Native Americans enjoyed the sharp resin made
by spruce trees.
The gum we chew today is very different. Its base comes from
chemicals made in factories. And it is often packaged in
colorful wrappers or coated with candy.

Excerpt from “Gabbing for Gum” used with permission from HMH © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Read the dictionary entry for the word base.

Which definition most closely fits the way the word base is
used in the text?

A.Definition 1
B.Definition 2
C.Definition 3
D.Definition 4

base /bās/ noun

1. that on which something stands or rests
2. a main ingredient to which other things are added
3. a central place; headquarters
4. the bottom part of something

bark /bärk/ noun

1. the harsh sound made by a dog
2. a sound resembling a sharp cry, typically made when
laughing
3. the outside cover of the trunks, branches, and roots of
woody plants
4. thin sheets of chocolate topped with various ingredients

Multiple Choice

Which definition most closely fits the way the word bark is used in the text?

The word bark is used as ...

¿Qué definición se ajusta más a la forma en que se usa la palabra ladrido en el texto?

La palabra corteza se utiliza como ...

• a

• b

• c

• d

Multiple Choice

Which definition most closely fits the way the word base is used in the text?

The word base is used as ....

¿Qué definición se ajusta mejor a la forma en que se usa la palabra base en el texto?

La palabra base se utiliza como ...

• a

• b

• c

• d

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Academic Vocabulary

reason
(noun)

a cause, explanation, or
justification to support a

claim

argumentative text

(noun)

claim
(noun)

the position that the author
holds about the topic being

discussed in the text

a text written to

demonstrate to an

audience that a certain
position is valid and that

others are not

Multiple Choice

What vocabulary justifies your answer in an argumentative text?

The word ... justifies answers in an argumentative text.

¿Qué palabra de vocabulario justifica tu respuesta en un texto argumentativo?

La palabra ... justifica las respuestas en un texto argumentativo.

• reasons

• claims

• argumentative texts

Match

Match the correct vocabulary word to its definition.

Haz coincidir la palabra correcta del vocabulario con su definición.

• argumentative text

• reason

• claim

a text written to demonstrate to an audi

a cause, explanation, or justification t

the position that the author holds about

• a text written to demonstrate to an audi

• a cause, explanation, or justification t

• the position that the author holds about

Multiple Choice

What is an argumentative text?

An argumentative text is a text that ...

¿Qué es un texto argumentativo?

Un texto argumentativo es un texto que ...

• a cause, explanation, or justification to support a claim

• a text written to demonstrate to an audience that a certain position is valid and that others are not

• the position that the author holds about the topic being discussed in the text

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LO: SWBAT recognize the author's
claim by explaining how the author
has used facts for an argument.

DOL: Given a text, students will correctly recognize
the author's claim by explaining how the author has
used facts for an argument in at least 4 of 5
questions.

Unit 3: American Revolution: The Road to Independence

Ⓡ ELA 4.9E.i recognize characteristics and structures of argumentative text by identifying the claim NOV19

Ⓡ ELA 4.9E.ii recognize characteristics and structures of argumentative text by explaining how the author has used facts for an argument

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Texts

ARGUMENTATIVE

The writer states

his/her opinion

They are
about a

specific topic

The main

purpose is to
persuade the

reader

They include

text and
graphic
features

They use words

to make the
reader agree

with them

They have a
strong and
formal tone

The writer

provides reasons

and uses

facts/examples

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“Identify Claimt” Anchor Chart from HMH – used with permission © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

As a reader, think about these
components of argumentative

text …

.

● identify the claim

What does the author think?

● look for reasons that support

the claim
Why does the author think
this way?

● find supporting evidence

How does the author support
his claim?

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2

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“Argumentative Text” Anchor Chart from HMH – used with permission © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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A _______ is a ________ that
the author holds about the
_______ being discussed in
the text. It is usually the
__________of an __________.
It must offer _____ and
_________ to show the
author’s point of view and be
backed up with _________.

❏ claim argument
❏ reasons
❏ topic
❏ evidence
❏ claim
❏ position
❏ facts
❏ author’s point of view
❏ main point

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A _______ is a ________ that
the author holds about the
_______ being discussed in
the text. It is usually the
__________of an __________.
It must offer _____ and
_________ to show the
author’s point of view and be
backed up with _________.

❏ claim argument
❏ reasons
❏ topic
❏ evidence
❏ claim
❏ position
❏ facts
❏ author’s point of view
❏ main point

claim

position

topic

main point

argument

facts

evidence

reasons

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Multiple Choice

Let's read the text Neighborhood Park. Identify the claim.

Leamos el texto Parque del Barrio. Identifique la reclamación.

• Families harvest fresh lettuce and carrots all season long.

• So, if your neighborhood wants to boost health, save money, and help nature, start planning your community garden today!

• Every neighborhood park should include a community garden space. 

• While some worry gardens take up too much space, most only need a small corner of the park.

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Identify the claim
What does the author think?
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Every neighborhood park should include a community garden space.
Community gardens create food, health, and environmental benefits
for neighborhoods. Research shows that community gardens feed an
average of 50 families per garden plot. Families harvest fresh lettuce
and carrots all season long. Studies prove that gardens attract 30%
more beneficial wildlife than grass areas. While some worry gardens
take up too much space, most only need a small corner of the park.
Health surveys show that these small garden spaces help people stay
active, with volunteers exercising five extra hours weekly. Adding a
garden would make our park a healthier and more useful space for
everyone. So, if your neighborhood wants to boost health, save money,
and help nature, start planning your community garden today!

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Claim: Every neighborhood park should include a

community garden space.

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_________ are important
statements/ideas that back
up our claims. They give
solid/one support and

fact/evidence to show why we believe
something is false/true, making our ideas
stronger and more convincing/ideal.

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_________ are important
statements/ideas that back
up our claims. They give
solid/one support and

fact/evidence to show why we believe
something is false/true, making our ideas
stronger and more convincing/ideal.

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Look for the reasons
Why does the author think this way?
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Every neighborhood park should include a community garden space.
Community gardens create food, health, and environmental benefits
for neighborhoods. Research shows that community gardens feed an
average of 50 families per garden plot. Families harvest fresh lettuce
and carrots all season long. Studies prove that gardens attract 30%
more beneficial wildlife than grass areas. While some worry gardens
take up too much space, most only need a small corner of the park.
Health surveys show that these small garden spaces help people stay
active, with volunteers exercising five extra hours weekly. So, if your
neighborhood wants to boost health, save money, and help nature,
start planning your community garden today!

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Claim: Every neighborhood park should include a

community garden space.

Reason:

Community gardens create food,

health, and environmental benefits for

neighborhoods.

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Real World Connection:

Unit 3: American Revolution: The Road to Independence

Ⓡ ELA 4.9E.i recognize characteristics and structures of argumentative text by identifying the claim NOV19

Ⓡ ELA 4.9E.ii recognize characteristics and structures of argumentative text by explaining how the author has used facts for an argument

This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND

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_________ is information
that helps show the
reader that something
is true: words, phrases,
sentences, or facts that
provide proof of a claim.

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_________ is information
that helps show the
reader that something
is true: words, phrases,
sentences, or facts that
provide proof of a claim.

Evidence

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PP: Find supportive evidence
How does the author support his claim?
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Every neighborhood park should include a community garden space.
Community gardens create food, health, and environmental benefits
for neighborhoods. Research shows that community gardens feed an
average of 50 families per garden plot. Families harvest fresh lettuce
and carrots all season long. Studies prove that gardens attract 30%
more beneficial wildlife than grass areas. While some worry gardens
take up too much space, most only need a small corner of the park.
Health surveys show that these small garden spaces help people stay
active, with volunteers exercising five extra hours weekly. So, if your
neighborhood wants to boost health, save money, and help nature,
start planning your community garden today!

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Claim: Every neighborhood park should include a

community garden space.

Evidence #1:
Evidence #2:

Reason: Community gardens create

food, health, and environmental

benefits for neighborhoods.

Evidence #3:

One garden feeds
fifty local families

Gardens attract

30% more wildlife

than grass

Gardeners

exercise five extra

hours weekly

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HOT Question: What
would your argumentative
text be like if you did not
have evidence?

Unit 3: American Revolution: The Road to Independence

Ⓡ ELA 4.9E.i recognize characteristics and structures of argumentative text by identifying the claim NOV19

Ⓡ ELA 4.9E.ii recognize characteristics and structures of argumentative text by explaining how the author has used facts for an argument

Multiple Choice

What idea does the author include to support the claim that gardening improves community health?

The idea that supports the claim is ...

¿Qué idea incluye el autor para respaldar la afirmación de que la jardinería mejora la salud de la comunidad?

La idea que sustenta la afirmación es ...

• a

• b

• c

• d

What idea does the author include to support the claim
that gardening improves community health?

A.Gardens provide fresh vegetables to fifty families in the

neighborhood

B.Gardeners get five extra hours of exercise each week

while growing food

C.Gardens attract 30% more birds and insects than grass

areas

D.Gardens only need a small corner of the park space

This idea is about food supply, not how gardening
makes people's health better.

This fact shows how gardens help nature, not people's
health.

This detail is about garden space, not about making people
healthier.

This fact shows how gardening improves health.

?O

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Some types of evidence are:

Examples
B

Expert quotes
D

Statistics
C

Facts
A

The Earth orbits the
Sun, completing one
orbit roughly every

365 days.

Fact

Opinion

Details or ideas

that can be proven

with data,

observations, and
reliable sources.

Author’s view or
feelings about a
particular matter

and cannot be

proven to be true.

I think that studying

space is the most
fascinating topic in

science.

A. Soccer is the most exciting sport to play.

B. Birds have feathers that help them fly.

C. Ice cream is the best dessert ever!

D. The Earth is approximately 4.5 billion years old.

E. The moon’s light is a reflection from the Sun.

Is it a Fact OR an Opinion?

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recycle

(verb)

to put through a

process that allows

used things to be

reused

pollute

(verb)

to make dirty or

harmful to health by
mixing in or adding

waste material

reef
(noun)

a ridge of rock,

sand, or coral at or near

the surface of ocean

waters

Content Vocabulary

Match

Match the correct vocabulary to its definition.

Haz coincidir el vocabulario correcto con su definición.

• recycle

• reef

• pollute

to put through a process that allows use

  a ridge of rock, sand, or coral at or

to make dirty or harmful to health by mi

• to put through a process that allows use

•   a ridge of rock, sand, or coral at or

• to make dirty or harmful to health by mi

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The

Problem

with Plastic

Straws

Read

Stop

Jot!

Paragraphs 1-3

Stop and ask yourself:

●What is happening in the
text?

●What is the author’s claim?

●Which sentence supports the
idea of the author’s claim?

This is important!

Underline key words

or details.

I don’t understand.

Readers are expected to…

1

2

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Multiple Choice

According to the text, what happens to plastic straws overtime?

Según el texto, ¿qué sucede con las pajitas de plástico con el tiempo?

• a

• b

• c

• d

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A. They break into tiny pieces but
remain on Earth as plastic
forever.

B. They get completely broken
down by bacteria in the
environment.

C. They dissolve naturally when
exposed to ocean water and salt.

D. They get transformed into
nutrients that help plants to grow.

According to the

text, what
happens to

plastic straws

overtime?

Read

Stop

Jot!

Paragraphs 4-7

Stop and ask yourself:

●What is happening in the
text?

●What is the author’s claim?

●Which sentence supports the
idea of the author’s claim?

This is important!

Underline key words

or details.

I don’t understand.

Readers are expected to…

1

2

3

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“The Problem with Plastic Straws” Vocabulary

Definition
Examples

Image
Synonym

to reduce in value, amount, or
strength (verb)

Most plastic straws degrade, or
come apart into smaller pieces.
● decay
● break down
● reduce

degrade

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What evidence supports the

authors claim?

What reasons support the

authors claim?

What is the author’s claim?

The author’s claim is………

The reasons that support the

authors claim are…

Some evidence that supports the

claim is…

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Claim:

Evidence #1:
Evidence #2:

Reason:

Evidence #3:

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Claim:

Evidence #1:
:

Reason:

Evidence #3:

Birch Tree School should stop providing
plastic straws.

Plastic straws are harmful to the Earth.

Plastic straws break
into smaller pieces but
never disappear from
the environment.

EVIDENCE 2:
Sea animals often
eat tiny pieces of
plastic because
they're floating
around in the ocean.

Eight million tons of
plastic enters oceans
yearly.

Multiple Choice

What claim does the author make in the article “The Problem with Plastic Straws?"

¿Qué afirmación hace el autor en el artículo "El problema con las pajitas de plástico"?

• a

• b

• c

• d

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What claim does the author make in the
article “The Problem with Plastic Straws”?

A.The school should stop recycling cans and
bottles.

B.The school should stop encouraging students
to pick up garbage from the playground.

C.The school should increase the use of plastic
straws in the lunchroom.

D.The school should discontinue providing plastic
drinking straws in the lunchroom.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence from the text best supports the claim in the article “The Problem with Plastic Straws”?

¿Qué frase del texto apoya mejor la afirmación del artículo "El problema de las pajitas de plástico"?

• a

• b

• c

• d

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Which sentence from the text best supports the claim
in the article “The Problem with Plastic Straws”?

A. It has recycling containers for cans and bottles. (paragraph 1)

B. Fortunately, there is one simple change our school can make:

stop offering plastic drinking straws in the lunchroom.
(paragraph 1)

C. Most plastic straws degrade or come apart into smaller pieces.

(paragraph 2)

D. But they do not biodegrade or get broken down by living

things such as bacteria. (paragraph 2)

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What idea does the author include to support the claim that schools
need to consider alternatives to plastic straws? Support your answer
with evidence from the selection.

SCR

Look-fors in SCR responses:
❏ A complete response will provide

one of the possible responses.

❏ Evidence is accurately used to

support the response.

❏ The response and the evidence to

support it are based on the text.

1 point

2 points

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The author includes the idea that metal straws are a
practical alternative to plastic straws. The text states
“Companies are using metal or glass to make straws that
can be used more than once.” This shows that metal
straws offer a practical solution because they can be
reused repeatedly, unlike single-use plastic straws that
remain on Earth forever.

What idea does the author include to support the claim that schools
need to consider alternatives to plastic straws? Support your answer
with evidence from the selection.

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Closing

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DOL: Given a text,
students will
correctly recognize
the author's claim
by explaining how
the author has
used facts for an
argument in at
least 4 of 5
questions.

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