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Lesson 1

We will rethink how we organized our evidence in our Section 3 Diagnostic.

Lesson Goals

  • Can I recognize and interpret relationships among key details and ideas (characters and setting)?

  • Can I understand what aspects of the text led me to the conclusion that I drew?

  • Can I use connections among details, elements, and effects to make logical deductions about an author’s perspective, purpose, and meaning in a text?

Texts

Core

  • Tradebook
    • In the Time of the Butterflies, Julia Alvarez, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2010

Materials

Tools

Editable Google Docs

Activity 1: Read – Write

We will revisit our Section 3 Diagnostic and determine our central claim.

Reread your Section 3 Diagnostic. Underline or highlight your central claim, or thesis. Find evidence in your diagnostic that supports your thesis. Underline or highlight your supporting evidence and analysis.

Respond to the following question:

  1. How did I organize my evidence? Does that organizational structure make the most sense for my piece?

On your Organizing Evidence Tool, write the central claim of your Section 3 Diagnostic.

Activity 2: Write – Read

We will organize evidence by claim.

Identify your first supporting claim. Write it in the Supporting Claim 1 section of your Organizing Evidence Tool.

Highlight the supporting claim in your diagnostic.

Review Chapters 7 and 8 to identify additional support for the first claim. Analyze how all your evidence for the first claim works together.

Activity 3: Write – Read

We will organize evidence by claim.

Identify your second supporting claim. Write it in the Supporting Claim 2 section of your Organizing Evidence Tool.

Highlight the supporting claim in your diagnostic.

Review Chapters 7 and 8 to identify additional support for the second claim. Analyze how all the evidence for the second claim works together.

Activity 4: Write – Read

We will organize evidence by claim.

Identify your third supporting claim. Write it in the Supporting Claim 3 section of your Organizing Evidence Tool.

Highlight the supporting claim in your diagnostic.

Review Chapters 7 and 8 to identify additional support for the third claim. Analyze how all the evidence for the third claim works together.

Activity 5: Write – Read

We will organize evidence by claim.

Identify your fourth supporting claim. Write it in the Supporting Claim 4 section of your Organizing Evidence Tool.

Highlight the supporting claim in your diagnostic.

Review Chapters 7 and 8 to identify additional support for the fourth claim. Analyze how all the evidence for the fourth claim works together.

Activity 6: Read – Write

For homework, we will read Chapter 9.

For homework, read Chapter 9.

Write new or interesting words you encounter in your Vocabulary Journal.