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Lesson 8: Evidence-Based Paragraph Writing
45 min
California CCSS: Focus Standards
California CCSS: Supporting Standards
ELD Standards
Student Lesson
Lesson 8: Evidence-Based Paragraph Writing
Student Learning Objectives
1
Content
Students will write an evidence-based paragraph to explain how the experiences of The Outsiders’ main character develop ideas about belonging and not belonging.
2
Language
Students will write an evidence-based explanation of Ponyboy’s belonging and not belonging by using a claim–evidence–explanation structure, integrating quotations/paraphrases with citing/reporting verbs (states, explains, shows), and using academic transitions (for example, however, this shows) to connect evidence to their reasoning.
Essential Question
How do relationships and communities shape a person’s sense of belonging and identity?
Connections to
Knowledge-Building:
Students will practice using text evidence to support an idea and to explore how an author develops a theme.
Enduring Understanding:
People’s experiences as members of groups can help or hinder their sense of belonging.
Unit Performance Task:
Students will further examine how experiences foster inclusion and exclusion during the Performance Task later in the unit.
Future Lessons:
In Lesson 9, students will further examine themes of belonging and identity in the text by discussing when Ponyboy feels understood or misunderstood and how the author shows his experience.
Lesson Pacing
| Lesson Flow | Purpose of Learning Experience |
|---|---|
Literacy Lab10 Minutes | Students expand a kernel sentence related to group identity and create complex, compound, and/or compound/complex sentences about the topic. |
Learning in Action30 Minutes | Part A: Planning an Evidence-Based Paragraph: Explanatory Writing (RL.7.1, RL.7.2, RL.7.3, RI.7.1, SL.7.1.a) Teacher models gathering text-based evidence to respond to a writing prompt, and students collect related evidence on their own from the text. Part B: Write an Evidence-Based Paragraph (RL.7.1, RL.7.2, RL.7.3) Teacher models writing an evidence-based paragraph using evidence from Part A, and students adapt this model to write their own paragraph with evidence of their choosing. |
Look Back5 Minutes | Students will complete a Quick Write response to explain why text-based evidence is important in writing. |
Material List
- Unit 1, Lesson 8 Student Edition
- T-Chart graphic organizer
- The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
Routines
- Turn and Talk
- Sentence Expansion
- Think-Pair-Share
- Quick Write
Lesson Sequence
Lesson Texts
Short-Form Text
What Is Social Identity?
Standard News Bureau
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