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Lesson 5

We will share additional information within research teams and then individually begin to develop perspectives and positions to drive the development of our final arguments.

Lesson Goals

  • Can I independently identify, read, and collect information from sources in my research team’s subtopic?

  • Can I understand the concepts of perspective and position as related to an argument I will develop?

  • Can I draft a clear and effective statement of position and some supporting claims for the argument I will likely write?

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Activity 1: Discuss

We will again meet in research teams to assess our understanding of our subtopics and explore each member’s direction in developing a final argument.

Check in with your research team regarding your continued research into your subtopic. Summarize your team’s knowledge and thoughts about the subtopic issue so far, as well as the range of individual responses you are considering.

Share your research team’s summary and status update with other research teams in the class.

Activity 2: Discuss – Write

We will work first as a class and then individually to further determine and articulate our perspectives on our subtopic issues and to craft position statements.

As a class, review and discuss the argumentation concepts of perspective and position. Share examples from arguments you have read (as a class, in teams, or individually) of perspectives and positions on various homeownership subtopics, issues, and controversies.

Individually, using models provided by your teacher, consider ways to articulate a clear, forceful statement of position. Draft a position statement that communicates your current thinking about your subtopic issue, question, and perspective.

Activity 3: Read

We will review the previous reading and research we have done in the unit in order to identify source texts and information that can help us develop our positions.

Reconsider the reading and research you have previously done in light of the position statement you just drafted. Consider the following questions:

  1. Which texts and sources might contain information that you can use to develop and explain your position?

  2. Which arguments, if any, align with your position and might be used as models to build from?

  3. Which arguments, if any, oppose your position and might be countered?

Analyze your draft position statement, considering what you will need to do to build an argument that substantiates your position.

Brainstorm a list of areas in which you might need to develop claims or counterclaims.

Activity 4: Write

We will begin to use the Section 3 Diagnostic Delineating Arguments Tool to lay out a plan for our final argument.

Review the Section 3 Diagnostic Checklist.

Use the Section 3 DiagnosticDelineating Arguments Tool to capture and communicate the thinking you have done so far in planning an argument.

Clearly and specifically communicate the issue, question, controversy, purpose, perspective, and position you plan to address.

Identify two to three claims and at least one counterclaim that you think you might want to present in developing your position.

In preparation for presenting your plan to a peer review team, complete the tool for homework.