Unit Overview/Summary - FOCUS: 

The focus of this unit is how author’s develop arguments in a text using specific claims. Students learn to distinguish claims that are supported by evidence from claims that are not. Through close reading, students identify explicit textual evidence, as well as make logical inferences, to determine meaning and the central idea of texts. In their own argument writing, students cite credible sources to provide evidence to support their claims and develop their arguments.  

Unit Duration: 

30 days (25 instructional days and 5 re-teach/enrichment days) Elementary Model - 130 minutes to 180 minutes per day; Middle School Model - five periods per week based on a traditional bell schedule