Paired Passages Argumentative Writing 8th & 9th Grade Participation Trophy

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Paired passages are a perfect opportunity to include argumentative writing! This Argumentative Writing GOOGLE CLASSROOM READY Paired Text Set will keep your students interested in reading and answering questions. Not only does it cover interesting topics (All Athletes Should get a Trophy vs. Not All Athletes Should Get a Participation Trophy), but it also has Common-Core aligned questions and writing prompts to go with it.

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Description

Paired passages are a perfect opportunity to include argumentative writing! This Argumentative Writing GOOGLE CLASSROOM READY Paired Text Set will keep your students interested in reading and answering questions. Not only does it cover interesting topics (All Athletes Should get a Trophy vs. Not All Athletes Should Get a Participation Trophy), but it also has Common-Core aligned questions and writing prompts to go with it.

Product Includes:

  • 2 Passages
  • Teacher Guide
  • Question Breakdown
  • Question Sets
    • Context Clues
    • Evidence Based Questions
      • 3 Multiple Choice
      • 1 Multiple Selection
      • 1 Short Constructed Response
      • 1 Extended Writing Response
  • Digital GOOGLE Version of Activity
  • Printable Version of Activity (Color & Black and White)
  • Graphic Organizer for Extended Response
  • Argumentative Writer’s Checklist
  • Answer Keys
  • 7 Point Writing Rubric

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Standards

The following standards are addressed with this resource.

Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to supporting ideas; provide an objective summary of the text.
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts.
Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how the author acknowledges and responds to conflicting evidence or viewpoints.
Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language of a court opinion differs from that of a newspaper).
Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how an author uses rhetoric to advance that point of view or purpose.
Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.
Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words or phrases based on grade 8 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
Use context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence or paragraph; a word’s position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grades 9–10 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
Use context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence, paragraph, or text; a word’s position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.