M. marek dfms lp 77 bias and causal chain

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Ms. Marek

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Independent Reading

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Schedule

• WEDNESDAY: Make up work due!• FRIDAY: Drop and Write final draft due!• TUESDAY: Begin MSA review• ALL WEEK: Meetings during reading

Monday Half dayTuesday Bias and Causal ChainWednesday Causal Chain and Persuasive

Language

Thursday Rubric and ReviewFriday Test!

OBJECTIVE

SWBAT analyze organizational patterns such as causal chain in their own writing

SWBAT identify and analyze bias in persuasive writing

Review …

Author’s purpose is as easy as pie …– Persuade– Inform– Entertain

Review …

Three types of evidence …

1. Facts

2. Reliable Sources

3. First Hand Accounts

Review …

Organizational structures …

1. Chronological Order

2. Cause and Effect

3. Compare and Contrast

4. Main Idea and Details

5. Logical / Spatial Order

6. Concession / Rebuttal

REVIEW …

Bias occurs on a spectrum …– Unbiased: authors explains both points of view– Somewhat biased: author explains both points of

view but shows how one side is better than the other

– Biased: author only shows one side of an argument

The best writing is somewhat biased– addresses both sides of an argument but uses

evidence to show that one side is valid (or right)

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