Grade 9 Unit 2: Argument & Persuasion
Changing Minds, Changing the World · 20 lessons · 4 weeks
Four weeks that end in a real persuasion campaign with a real audience. Twenty scripted lessons, five student deliverables, model responses at meeting and exceeding levels.
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Essential question
How do you change someone's mind?
About this resource
This Teacher Guide is the complete lesson-by-lesson companion to the Grade 9 ELA Unit 2: Argument & Persuasion Unit Plan. It contains all 20 detailed lesson plans with scripted teacher language, embedded interactive activities with full instructions and models, student model responses at meeting and exceeding levels, answer keys, differentiation strategies for all learner profiles, and debate/discussion facilitation notes.
What's inside
- Teacher Guide — 20 lesson plans with scripted teacher language
- Student Workbook — the 'Change My Mind' campaign, five deliverables
- Model student responses at meeting and exceeding levels
- Answer keys
- Differentiation strategies for all learner profiles
- Debate and discussion facilitation notes
Teacher materials
- Pacing guide and interactive activities overview
- Lesson plans with scripted teacher language
- Model responses at meeting and exceeding levels
- Answer keys
- Debate and discussion facilitation notes
Student materials
- 'Change My Mind' campaign portfolio tracker
- Five campaign deliverables
- One real audience and one real submission plan
Skills covered
- Textual Evidence
- Argumentative Writing
- Argument & Claims
- Thesis & Claims
- Evidence & Commentary
- Rhetorical Analysis
Texts and topics
- Argument
- Nonfiction
Grades
- Grade 9
Standards
- L.9-10.3
- RI.9-10.6
- RI.9-10.8
- RI.9-10.9
- SL.9-10.1
- SL.9-10.3
- SL.9-10.4
- W.9-10.1
- +3 more
Unit length
4 weeks
Duration
2+ weeks
Time required
20 lessons
Perfect for
A persuasion unit that ends in something students actually submit.
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