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part 2
1 hour

The prison has become a looming presence in our society to an extent unparalleled in our history--or that of any other industrial democracy.


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Includes 7 Activities

Students delineate and analyze the position, premises, reasoning, evidence and perspective of arguments.

• The teacher introduces the concept of an argumentative position.
• The teacher leads an exploration of the elements of argumentation.
• Student teams read and delineate arguments.
• The teacher leads an exploration of the concept
of perspective.
• Students analyze and compare perspectives in
argumentative texts.
• As needed, students read and analyze additional
arguments related to the unit’s issue.
• Students write short essays analyzing an argument.

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From EngageNY.org of the New York State Education Department. Developing Core Proficiencies Program: Units in ELA Literacy. Available from engageny.org/resource/developing-core-proficiencies-program-units-in-ela-literacy; accessed 2015-05-29.
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