Finishline Unit 1.2

What is persuasive writing?

• It tries to get someone to agree with a particular opinion

• It is a newspaper

• It is a blog

• It is a book

Read the post that Jason wrote.

In persuasive writing, a thesis statement tells the readers exactly what they should think. Which sentence from the paragraph is a thesis statement?

• Lions stick together when they hunt.

• We can be like Richard the Lionheart!

• I think that we should choose the lion as our mascot.

• Everyone knows that the lion is the king of animals and is strong and fierce.

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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.8.5

Read Laura's post. One propaganda technique that writers employ is the use of loaded words. These are words that carry meanings that appeal to the reader's emotion instead of logic or common sense.

Which word from the paragraph is a loaded word?

• Eagle

• National

• Photograph

• Courageous

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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.8.4

Read Tandra's post. Then answer the question.

The bandwagon technique tries to get the reader to agree because everyone else agrees. This sentence from Tandra's post contains the bandwagon technique: "Everyone in my class agrees with him, and so should you."

How can you rewrite this sentence to omit the bandwagon technique?

• All the other scientists think we should use the dolphin

• If you think he has a valid point, consider voting for the dolphin

• My friends are voting for the dolphin, so you should be my friend, too.

• The really smart students will vote for the dolphin, so how smart are you?

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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.8.5

Listen to the passage. Click on the Polyhedrons

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• Click the other answer

Look at the images of the hexahedron and the octahedron. How are these shapes similar? How are they different? What polygons make up their faces? Write a paragraph of 8-10 sentences, comparing and contrasting the hexahedron and the octahedron.

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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.8.1

Look at the answer choices. Listen to the passage. Choose the answer you think is correct.

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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.1

Look at the answer choices. Listen to the passage.

In this passage, what does the word alien mean?

• a best friend

• an older person

• a person from another planet

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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.4

Look at the answer choices. Listen to the passage. Choose the answer you think is correct.

Which feature of real science or technology is in this passage?

• a cellphone

• a person with gills and fins

• a water planet called "Marinus"

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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.1