English Language Arts Grade 6
Lesson Plans

Writing Standard 6

Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others; demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to type a minimum of three pages in a single sitting.

• Argumentative Writing/WWI & WWII Unit
  In this 28 day unit, students will gain background information on historic wars, compare different genres' presentations of events, recognize different points of view, research an essential question, compile evidence, create warrants that lead to a claim which answers the essential question, and write an argumentative essay.

  Cheryl Dominguez helped to crystallize the Essential Question #2 Graphic Organizer idea.

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