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English · Grade 9

Read Informational and Argumentative Texts

Learners read nonfiction the way they read literature: closely and critically. They find the central idea of an excerpt from Frederick Douglass's Narrative and summarize it objectively, map the structure of a feature article on cool roofs and city heat, compare a neutral article with a student op-ed to uncover purpose and point of view, and sort claims of fact, value and policy while tracing an argument's reasons.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 130 minutes
  • Informational reading check: 10 questions
  • Ways to answer: choose an answer, highlight a text, match pairs, put in order, sort into groups and arrange tiles
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What learners will discover

  • Determine a text's central idea, trace how it develops, and write an objective summary.
  • Identify text structures (cause-effect, problem-solution, compare-contrast, chronological) and explain how sections build an idea.
  • Determine an author's purpose and point of view and analyze how word choice and rhetoric advance them.
  • Distinguish claims of fact, value and policy and trace the reasons and evidence an argument offers.

Lessons

  1. Central idea and objective summary 6 steps3 practiceabout 32 min
  2. How an article is built 6 steps3 practiceabout 32 min
  3. Purpose, point of view and word choice 6 steps3 practiceabout 30 min
  4. Claims and reasons 5 steps3 practiceabout 26 min
  5. Informational reading check 10 questions at the end

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