Grade: 9-10 Quarter 2

Unit 3: Argument Writing

By the end of the unit, students will answer the following writing prompt: After reading the poems from I La ! "tit#hes $o%n&' %rite an argument
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te(tua) e+iden#e and ana)sis from the te(ts,
Week Mentor
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Supplemental
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Multimedia Standards Informal Assessment
Reading: Lit Writing SpeakingListening Language
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