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8th grade ELAR
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Literary Nonfiction and Poetry Analyzing Persuasive Text Analyzing Informational Text
8 Learning Activities 5 UNIT MAP is abo
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making inferences,
drawing conclusions,
and analyzing Understanding and writing
analyzing Literary
Text by...
Persuasive persuasive
texts. writing texts.

*Speech Responses to
*Article persuasive
Letter texts.
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1. Why do authors share their perspective(views/opinions)? Summarize, Paraphrase, 6
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2. How does understanding persuasive, sound, and visual techniques help a reader critically Synthesize

Relationships
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analyze a message (determine if an argument is good or bad)? Context Clues

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3. How does the purpose and audience determine the authors choice in techniques, form, Analyze
and structure? Explain
7 4. How does an author use aphorisms and epigraphs to appeal to the audience. Make Inferences
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The Unit Organizer Analyzing Persuasive Texts TE
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is abo
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Expanded Unit Map making inferences,
ut... Persuasive
drawing conclusions and Using skills to texts.
writing
analyzing understand text by 8.18
Persuasive text
8.11 writing Claim
Evidence
Responses to Reasons
Literary Devices persuasive text. Counter claims
Word/Phrase choice 8.17C Conclusion
Compare for similar/different purposes
Compare/contrast different conclusions
Written responses with evidence
Rhetorical and logical fallacies:
from the text using quotations
loaded terms, caricatures, leading
questions, false assumptions, incorrect
premises
Role of media-forming opinions
Visual and Sound techniques
Point of View

10
QUESTIONS
SELF-TEST
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