Section 4: Overview

Organizing Evidence to Develop and Support an Argument about Homeownership

Individually, we will gather evidence related to our position and counterarguments from previous texts and new research. We will each develop a final set of argumentative claims and counterclaims that are the building blocks, or premises, of our argument, and we will organize evidence for each claim.

• Lesson 1:

  We will study a model argument in order to see how a historical scholar developed a research-based case for her position. Working from the Delineating Arguments Tools we drafted for our arguments, we will develop a final set of claims and counterclaims and an approach to reasoning that will organize our final arguments.

• Lesson 2:

  We will organize evidence from our reading and research that can be used to support each of the claims or counterclaims we have developed or to respond to others’ claims that we intend to counter.

• Lesson 3:

  We will write a synopsis of the arguments we are developing in response to the unit’s Central Question: How viable is the American dream of homeownership?

• Lesson 4:

  We will review feedback on the Section Diagnostic. We will use the feedback to make revisions to our work.

• Lesson 5:

  We will share the analyses we have made about our independent reading texts and make connections to the unit. We will plan a final product to share our experiences from reading independently and the knowledge we have gained.