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part 2
1 hour

They [terrorists] are usually clever enough to cloak their motives by hijacking the popular will of an oppressed people, but their wrath is not appeased when they acquire what they say they want.


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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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