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Spanish · Grade 10

Explain and Defend a Position

Learners build and defend a nuanced position on a real debate: should popular cities limit tourism? Working with original source extracts, an illustrative resident survey and interview quotations, they write an arguable thesis, select and evaluate evidence, use logical, credible and measured appeals, master advanced argumentative language (hedging, aunque + indicative or subjunctive, si + imperfect subjunctive + conditional), and rebut counterarguments in a full essay with an optional oral defense.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 140 minutes
  • Defended position check: 10 questions
  • Ways to answer: fill in the blanks, choose an answer, choose a reply, highlight a text, match pairs and put in order
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What learners will discover

  • Formulate a nuanced, arguable thesis and organize a multi-paragraph argument with a logical progression.
  • Support claims with relevant, reliable evidence and reasoning, using logical, credible and measured emotional appeals, and evaluate the strength of evidence.
  • Use advanced argumentative language: hedging and modality (es probable que, en cierta medida, cabe señalar), aunque + indicative or subjunctive, and si + imperfect subjunctive + conditional for hypotheses.
  • Anticipate and rebut counterarguments and defend the position in writing and, optionally, orally.

Lessons

  1. A nuanced thesis and a clear structure 6 steps3 practiceabout 35 min
  2. Evidence and appeals 6 steps4 practiceabout 35 min
  3. The language of argument 6 steps4 practiceabout 35 min
  4. Counterargument, rebuttal and defense 5 steps3 practiceabout 35 min
  5. Defended position check 10 questions at the end

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