Power and Privilege Unit Overview (Part 2)

1. Power and Privilege Unit - Part 2
Objectives
● I can cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly
● I can draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research
● I can write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid
reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence
● I can analyze in detail how an author’s ideas or claims are developed and refined by particular
sentences, paragraphs, or larger portions of a text (e.g., a section or chapter)
● I can delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the
reasoning is valid and the evidence is relevant and sufficient; identify false statements and fallacious
reasoning
● I can develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new
approach, focusing on addressing what is most significant for a specific purpose and audience
● I can conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a
self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate;
synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under
investigation.
● I can gather relevant information from multiple authoritative print and digital sources, using advanced
searches effectively; assess the usefulness of each source in answering the research question;
integrate information into the text selectively to maintain the flow of ideas, avoiding plagiarism and
following a standard format for citation.
● I can 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 tasks, purposes, and audiences
● I can integrate multiple sources of information presented in diverse media or formats (e.g., visually,
quantitatively, orally) evaluating the credibility and accuracy of each source.
● I can evaluate and/or reflect on a speaker’s point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric,
identifying any fallacious reasoning or exaggerated or distorted evidence.
● I can make strategic use of digital media (e.g., textual, graphical, audio, visual, and interactive
elements) in presentations to enhance understanding of findings, reasoning, and evidence and to add
interest.
Concepts/Skills
● Analysis
● Perspective
● Author’s purpose
● Arguments
● Rhetoric
● Objective summary
● Research + Collecting Evidence
● Citation
● Digital Media
● Discussion
Grades

2. Activists and Community Gallery Walk Formative
District Common Assessment Formative
Discussion Posts:
● Activist and Community
● Reflection on Quandary Game
Formative
Argumentative Checkpoints:
● Thesis/Claim (20 points)
● Introduction Paragraph (20 points)
● 1st (2) Body Paragraphs w/ Evidence
(20 points)
● Counterclaim + Rebuttal Paragraph
(20 points)
● Conclusion Paragraph (20 points)
Formative
Argumentative Summative: Final Draft Summative
Schedule
Module 5
Date Lesson Due Dates
Day 1 (2/1-2/2) ● Finish up Dystopian Short
Story Summative
○ Apply teacher
feedback, revise
and edit drafts, and
submit
● Dystopian Short Story
Summative due at end of
day on February 1st/2nd at
11:59 PM (hard deadline
February 8th/9th)
● Discussion post due at the
end of class period on
February 3rd/4th (hard
deadline February
10th/11th)
Day 2 (2/3-2/4) ● Intro to Argumentative
Unit: Activism and
Community
● Class Discussion
● Activist and Community
Gallery Walk Part One
Flex Friday/Rotation Period Conferencing and makeup work
Module 6
Date Lesson Due Dates
Day 1 (2/8-2/9) ● District assessment ● District assessment due at
the end of class period on
2/8 and 2/9
● Activist and Community
Gallery Walk due at the
end of 2/12 at 11:59 PM
(hard deadline 2/19 at
11:59 PM)
Day 2 (2/10-2/11) ● Essential Aspects of an
Argument + Argumentative
Strategies Mini Lesson
○ Think, Pair, Share
● Complete Activist and
Community Gallery Walk
Part Two

3. Over the Long Weekend
(2/12-2/15)
● N/A
Module 7
Date Lesson Due Dates
Day 1 (2/16-2/17) ● Intro to Quandary Game
(video posted on GC)
○ Watch tutorial
○ Make an account
● Play Game (on your own)
● Finish up Quandry Game:
Episodes 1-3
○ (30 mins; each
episode takes
about 10 mins)
● Discussion Post: Reflection
on Quandary
● Introduce the
Argumentative summative
● Discussion post/reflection
on Quandary due 2/19
(hard deadline 2/26)
● Checkpoint #1 due at the
end of the class period on
2/18 and 2/19 (hard
deadline 2/25 and 2/26)
Day 2 (2/18-2/19) ● Review the Argumentative
summative requirements
● Topic + Thesis Mini Lesson
○ Quandary Episode
as mentor text
● Thesis + Claim practice
○ Checkpoint #1
Module 8
Date Lesson Due Dates
Day 1 (2/22-2/23) ● Hook/Leads (DRAPES) +
Intro Paragraph Mini
Lesson
● Argumentative Column
Text Structure Mini Lesson
● Intro Paragraph practice
○ Checkpoint #2
● Checkpoint #2 due at the
end of the class period on
2/22 and 2/23 (hard
deadline 3/1 and 3/2)
● Checkpoint #3 due at the
end of the class period on
2/24 and 2/25 (hard
deadline 3/3 and 3/4)
Day 2 (2/24-2/25) ● Collecting evidence +
Researching for your
writing Mini Lesson
● 1st Argumentative Body
Paragraph + Evidence
Practice
○ Checkpoint #3
Flex Friday/Rotation Period (2/26) Conferencing and makeup work
● Work on Argumentative
Column Summative
● Teacher release feedback
on previous checkpoints

4. Module 9
Date Lesson Due Dates
Day 1 (3/1-3/2) ● Counterclaim + Rebuttal
Mini Lesson
● Writer’s Workshop
● Counterclaim + Rebuttal
Paragraphs Practice
○ Checkpoint #4
● Canva Mini Lesson:
Argumentative Column
● Writer’s Workshop:
○ Revise and edit 3
body paragraphs
based on teacher
feedback
● Checkpoint #4 due at the
end of the class period on
3/1 and 3/2 (hard deadline
3/8 and 3/9)
● Checkpoint #5 due at the
end of the class period on
3/3 and 3/4 (hard deadline
3/10 and 3/11)
● Argumentative Summative
Final due on 3/5 at 11:59
PM (Digital Learning Day)
(hard deadline 3/12)
Day 2 (3/3 - 3/4) ● Conclusion Paragraph Mini
Lesson
● Conclusion Paragraph
Practice
○ Checkpoint #5
● Wrap up Argumentative
Unit
● Submit All Checkpoint
Assignments (the slides) +
Final Draft of
Argumentative Column
Summative
Flex Friday/Rotation Period (3/5) Conferencing and makeup work
● Turn in final draft of
argumentative column
summative by the end of
the day