Comm Arts-Day 3• Bell Ringer: Find the run-ons and fragments and fix

them. Write your corrections on a separate sheet of paper. There are 3 run-ons and 1 fragment. (4 mins)

• This weekend I saw my sister, it was the best weekend I’ve had in a long time. We ate at Bella Italia on Friday. Hot, cheesy pizza! It was perfect for a cold Friday. After we ate pizza, we went home. Our dog was waiting for us, we fed her green beans. We also watched Wreck-It Ralph, it is one of my favorite movies. The next day we picked pumpkin and ate kettle corn. She left on Sunday at 5:30AM! It was a fast visit, but I loved every minute.

Lesson Goal and Essential Question

• Lesson Goals:

Essential Questions:•

Students will know that a claim/main idea should be supported with relevant evidence. Students will be able to support an opinion with facts.

What makes a piece of writing effective? How do I support my opinion?

Class Practice-Claim with Facts (8 mins)• Before we get back into the article we read

yesterday, let’s take a break and see how we can:• 1. Make a claim• 2. Support it• 3. Explain the support (Show vs. Tell)• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9haZDohtYbc• We will watch a video about Ben Carson, a Pediatric

Neurosurgeon. After we watch the video, we will create a claim as a class, pull facts from the video, and explain them.

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Interesting Words (2 mins)• Review your t-chart. Make sure you have defined all of

the words on your t-chart. Do you still have questions?

Interesting Words Reactions/Thoughts/Questions/Connections

surplus Why is the military giving police officers guns?

Humvees I feel safer knowing the police officers are trained with the weapons they are given.

Practice Claim!-12 mins• First, log on to edmodo and click on the “Guns in Schools?” article to begin

your practice. Once you have entered the document, you will see these directions:

• Step 1 - Read this article• Step 2- Choose a claim from below to support• Step 3- Reread the article• Step 4- Fill in the graphic organizer given to you with three facts to support

the claim.• Step 5- Check each fact to make sure it is… • 1.) a fact (can be proven or observed)• 2.) is specific (it is the same for everyone) • 3) it supports the claim.• Step 6- Think about how you would debate this. How would you explain

your facts? What might the other side (opposition) say? How could you prove them wrong.

• Step 7- Prepare to debate.