Argumentation & Animal Farm intro 7th Grade Language Arts

Turn to page 53 of your notebook Answer Monday’s Question What are 4 things you need for a good argument?

Notes Categories of evidence (p. 43) This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA

1.) What is ethos? Building trust and persuading your reader with credible sources (like experts, facts from scientific studies, statistics)

2.) What is pathos? Persuading your reader with feelings and emotions. Often this is done with communicating personal anecdotes (stories) and appealing to readers’ moral beliefs.

3. What is logos? Using common sense to appeal to someone’s rational, reasonable, and logical conclusions.

Part 1: Argumentation Quiz What is a claim? What is reasoning? What is evidence? Describe each type of evidence PART 2: Evidence matching (match the evidence with the point of view it supports)

PART 3: Annotating the writing Prompt Pull from all our sources and decide what you believe. Should energy drinks be prohibited to people under the age of 18? Defend your claim and reasoning with evidence. Convince people to believe you and change their attitudes toward energy drinks. Do: What: Pull From this week’s sources Decide What you believe about energy drinks Defend Your claim and reasoning with evidence Convince People to believe you and change

PART 4: Stating Your position Here are some sentence stems to get you started The author of “A Drinking Problem” argues that……………. 2. The author of “Quenched” disagrees by saying…….. 3. I believe energy drinks are……….because…………….. (this is your claim and reasoning – also knowln as a thesis).

PART 4: Create a rhetorical triangle Ethos Evidence to support your view Pathos Evidence to support your view Logos Evidence to support your view * Feel free to use evidence cited in “Quenched, “A Drinking Problem,” ”Why Energy Drinks are Good for you” (media), and “Caffine Overload” (media).

Interview with peers (PART 5) 1. Partner up with someone who disagrees with your point of view. Record their counterclaim:______ 2. Create a rhetorical triangle to map our your enemy’s evidence 3. Create a rebuttal with the following sentence stems Some people believe _________________(record counterclaim), because _________________________(give reasoning and evidence); however, this is not correct because… _____________________________________(give your reasons and evidence).

PART 6: What do you think? Should Energy Drinks be prohibited to children (under the age of 18)? On page 3 of your packet, create a map of your argument. Your claim must be supported by 3 reasons. Each reason must have evidence (proof from outside sources) to support the argument.

Create a thinking map for your argument Must include all elements of argumentation Claim, Reasoning, Evidence, Acknowledge a counterclaim, give a rebuttal. When you are finished with your map, continue crafting your argumentative speech on page 50 of your interactive notebook.

Turn to page 51 of your notebook Answer Tuesday’s Question What is a fable? Which ones do you remember?

The tortoise and the hare & The Fox and the Crow Read both stories and complete the Allegory Chart What characteristics does each animal represent?

Unpacking fables: “The wolf & Lamb” What does the lamb represent? Rewrite the moral in your own words How can this moral be helpful to society today?

Unpacking fables: “The Dog & His Reflection” What is the moral of this story? Do you agree with the symbolic meaning of the story? Explain why or why not.

Unpacking fables: “The Fox & Grapes” What is the moral of this story? Describe a situation in society today in which you might see the same reaction as the fox.

Turn to page 51 of your notebook Answer Thursday’s Question What is symbolism? What animals symbolize knowledge/intelligence/ and wisdom?

What is a satire? Pretest Guided notes

Economics KWL Chart: What do we know about world economies? What do we want to know? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B43Y EW2FvDs What did we learn from the video?

Turn to page 51 of your notebook Answer Wednesday’s Question What is an allegory? Why would you write an allegory?

Key Terms and Political Concepts Restate each definition in your own words

A Russian revolution Comprehension This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA-NC

Communism vs. socialism https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrtDZ-LOXFw

Turn to page 51 of your notebook Answer Friday’s Question What is your best quality and why is it good? Include evidence to support your opinion and reasoning.

Animal Farm Read chapter 1 of George Orwell’s Animal Farm Active Reading Strategies Freewrite: Do you sympathize with the animals’ complaints and goals? Why or why not? Are there any groups within your own society who have situations similar to that of the animals? How is Old Major’s speech similar to any political speeches you have heard of/studied? Karl Marx Article & Play Annotating Lenin’s Speech Compare and Contrast Animal Farm with Marx & Lenin