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=Unit Cover Page=


 * Unit Title: Argument/Analysis Grade Level(s): 10th-11th grade**
 * Subject/Topic Area(s): English Language Arts**
 * Key Words: Thesis, Evidence, Structure**
 * Designed by: Time Frame:**
 * School District: School:**

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 * =Brief Summary of Unit= ||
 * Welcome to our unit on Argument/Analysis! Have you ever wondered how you could convince your parents more easily or why some people agree with a certain argument and some dont? Well, this is your chance to find out! In this unit you will explore how a thesis helps to build and organize a logical argument/analysis, why evidence is used, how to decipher appropriate evidence as well as how arguments/analyses are structured. Since you are all digital natives, this will be done through a multitude of activities including Type II technologies such as iMovie, Glogster, Garageband and Comic Life. At the end of this unit you will be able to recognize and define terminology associated with analyses/arguments, identify certain structures of analysis writing and explain why they are used as well as being in tune with critical details that surround writing and deciphering analyses and arguments. This unit will culminate with a performance task that asks you to put your argument skills to the test by becoming a politician of the "unlost" city of Atlantis. You will take a stand on a critical issue and write an essay on this issue that will then be adapted into a script for your very own campaign commercial where you will try to convince the voting population of Atlantis that you are the best candidate for the upcoming presidential election.