Title of lesson: Uniformity Type of lesson: Persuasive Writing

Your Name: Summer

Length of lesson: 50 minutes
Ammons
Objectives:
Students will be able to:
Use several pieces of textual evidence and apply it to support an
analysis of what the text says
Break down literary nonfiction by analyzing the text
Organize a claim by creating a persuasive essay with relevant
evidence to support their claims
Write for a short amount of time while writing with a purpose
Standards (AZ and Common Core)
Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what
the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
(7.RI.1)

By the end of the year, read and comprehend literary nonfiction in

the grades 68 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as
needed at the high end of the range. (7.RI.10))

Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant

evidence.
Introduce claim(s), acknowledge alternate or opposing claims, and
organize the reasons and evidence logically.
Support claim(s) with logical reasoning and relevant evidence, using
accurate, credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of
the topic or text.
Use words, phrases, and clauses to create cohesion and clarify the
relationships among claim(s), reasons, and evidence.
Establish and maintain a formal style.
Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and
supports the argument presented. (7.W.1)

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Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research,

reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a
day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and
audiences. (7.W.10)

Materials/Evidence/Sources:
Article: How Ugly School Uniforms Will Save Education By Belinda
Luscombe
Article: "Arguments Against School Uniforms" By Neil Kokemuller
Power Point Annotations
Displayed directions

Tweet the Text Worksheet

Instructional Sequence:
1. Bellwork:
Pretend PMHMS will have school uniforms next year. Create a T-chart
with supporting points for and against school uniforms.
For Uniforms

2.

Against Uniforms

Display and review the Agenda

What is annotating?
How to do it
Read articles
Write your claim
Tweet it!

3. Instruct students through Power Point what annotating is and how to

do it
Breaking down the text to understand the authors purpose
A way to reflect on what you read
Take notes, highlight, underline, draw pictures, ask questions
Why? You will need to write an persuasive essay
4. Display and review teacher model of an annotation of a non-fiction
text
5.

Communicate student objectives:

Use the two articles to figure out what the text says
Break down the articles by analyzing the text
Organize a claim by creating a persuasive essay with citations to
support your point of view
Write for a short amount of time while writing with a purpose

6. Hand out first article and have the students read and annotate
silently and independently. Directions will be displayed during
activity:
Write:
Questions

Draw pictures
Underline important parts __________
Put a question mark for something confusing - ?
Put an exclamation mark for something surprising - !

Hand out the second article and complete the same directions.
7. Class Discussion: facilitate class discussion where students are
allowed to share their opinions on the opposing articles about school
uniforms only if they are able to support their ideas with textual
evidence.
Assessment: Tweet It! Hand out slips of paper with a Twitter text box
printed on it. Display and review directions.
Can only use 140 characters (including spaces, hashtags, and
punctuation)
Use hashtags
Must be school appropriate
Make it fun!
This is the ticket out-the-door and the students must have annotated their
article sufficiently in order to receive a Twitter slip.