ELA: 6th grade
Argument Essay: Round 1, Week 1
Assignment Name is: AE1
Save As: (homeroom-assignment name-last,first)
For example: L2-AE1-O’Meara, Katie
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Due Date: 1/9/15, Friday @3:00pm
DIBELS Test: Ms. O’Meara will give directions for this timed, 3 minute test. It is an intervention
assessment. It is not part of your grade. !
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The Cay Test (30 minutes): You were assigned to read “The Cay” over the break. Today you will
take a reading test on the book. The questions are straight comprehension questions. There are
two essay questions and the rest is multiple choice, fill in the blank and true or false. Essay
questions are worth two times more than the the others. !
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Lesson 13: Ambi
Latin. Ambi means "on both sides, around, surround.”
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ambidextrous:
ambivalent:
ambiguous:
ambience
Moby Max: !
Login to MobyMax.com and click on the language section of the site. It will have you take the
language placement test.!
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Argument Essay Rubric and Checklist: Lets analyze what we will need to do to create a
successful argument essay. !
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TUESDAY HOMEWORK: !
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Assess Sample Student Essays: !
1. Download the sample student essays from Haiku. If you do not have internet access at
home. Save it to your computer before you leave school. !
2. Use the rubric and checklist provided in class (also available on Haiku if you misplaced your
paper copy) to assess the two student essays given. !
3. Read the essays one at a time and use a different color ink for your marks on your rubric
and checklist for each essay. Make a key on top of the paper that shows which color ink you
are using for each essay. !
• For example: Egyptians Created Advanced Civilizations!
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Global Warming!
If you created the above key- you would want to make all your marks for the essay on Egyptians
in blue ink and all your marks for the global warming essay in red ink. !
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4. After you have graded each essay using the rubric and the checklist to see if they included
all parts- answer the following questions for each essay you assessed. !
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Egyptians Created Advanced Civilizations: !
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I would give this essay a ________________ (1,2,3 or 4) because _______________________!
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This essays strengths were ______________________________________________________!
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This essay could improve by _____________________________________________________!
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Global Warming:!
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I would give this essay a ________________ (1,2,3 or 4) because _______________________!
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This essays strengths were ______________________________________________________!
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This essay could improve by _____________________________________________________!
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Moby Max: Lesson- Subject, Object, and Posessive Pronouns: Complete the assigned lesson
under the language section of the site. Then screen shot your results into your document to
show your work.!
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The Cay AR Quiz/ AR Time: If you have not previously taken the AR quiz you can take it now
to get you points for it! If you have already previously read/ taken the test, you may work on
other AR reading or tests. !
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Selecting a Topic For Your Argument Essay: https://learnzillion.com/lessons/1350-select-atopic-for-an-argumentative-essay!
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What are 4 things that bug you? !
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Think about what sort of reasons you have for thinking these things? Which ones have the
strongest reasons? What ones would most other people agree with you on? Choose two of
these reasons to free write your thoughts on as it does in the video. !
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WEDNESDAY HOMEWORK: !
Finish any unfinished classwork. Make sure you have good complete thoughts on the
two topics you chose to free write on. Select which of the topics you feel will be best to
select for a strong argument essay: !
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My topic is: ____________________________________________!
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Moby Max: Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns: Complete the assigned lesson under the
language section of the site. Then screen shot your results into your document to show your
work. !
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Writing A Thesis: https://learnzillion.com/lessons/1351-write-a-thesis-statement-for-anargumentative-essay !
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Major Claim: !
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Final Thesis: !
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* Make sure you delete any wishy-washy language!!
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Gathering Evidence to Support Your Thesis: https://learnzillion.com/lessons/1359-gatherevidence-to-support-a-thesis !
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1. Observations!
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2. Statistics!
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3. Quotations!
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4. Personal Interviews!
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5. Questions (careful!)!
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Start collecting evidence to support your 3 reasons listed above below. You can research the
internet for information, and interview your classmates (don’t waste this time). Do not forget to
cite all your sources!!
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THURSDAY HOMEWORK: !
Complete any unfinished classwork for today! Make sure you have a variety of evidence
types to potentially support each of your three reasons. !
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Greek/ Latin Roots Quiz: Ambi!
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Moby Max: Pronouns and Antecedents: Complete the assigned lesson under the language
section of the site. Then screen shot your results into your document to show your work.!
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Organize Information for an Argumentative Essay: https://learnzillion.com/lessons/1360organize-information-for-an-argumentative-essay !
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Outline: Outline your essay below. Include your supporting evidence and use the boxes and
bullets method. You do not need to draft at this point, but you should have all your evidence laid
out specifically here. As you work, you can look for addition evidence, if needed as you go. Your
outline is due at the end of the period. !
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*Make sure your evidence is varied types! You do not want all personal experience, all
statistics or all interviews. It is best to have balanced types of evidence for each reason
to have a strong argument!!
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