1. Warm Up
In a brief paragraph, share your opinion on whether video games are beneficial or harmful and include at least one piece of evidence you learned from the article.

2. Today’s Learning Goal
I will analyze a student writing model by marking the text to identify elements of a justification. I will also create an outline for a justification of my own by taking notes and choosing topic-related vocabulary.

3. Quote Quest
QUOTE: “Critics of the games argue that teens transfer the violence they see to the real world” (Gomez 8-9).
PARAPHRASE:
I think this means that many people believe that violent behavior in video games influences players and leads them to imitate the behavior in their own lives.

4. Responding to the Quote
QUOTE: “Critics of the games argue that teens transfer the violence they see to the real world” (Gomez 8-9).
TOPIC SENTENCE: I disagree with the statement that violent video games cause teens to demonstrate more violent behavior in their real lives.
SUPPORTING SENTENCE 1: Drawing from my own experience, teens are exposed to violent behavior through many forms of entertainment outside of video games.
SUPPORTING SENTENCE 2: Consequently, I do not think that violence in video games affects teen behavior any more significantly than violence in other forms of media entertainment.

5. Analyzing a Student Writing Model
After reading the article, I am convinced that video games can cause teens significant harm. One reason is that games can be addictive and distract teens from more important things. For example, one of my friends plays her favorite video game from the moment she gets home from school until she goes to bed. Additionally, the article points out that many video games contain violent scenes. This is important because playing violent video games can influence teens’ behavior and make them more aggressive. For these reasons, I maintain the position that video games are not beneficial to teens.

6. Identifying Precise Words
Introduction
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Virtual World
Accomplish
In control
Technology
Chemical
Hard-wired
anti-social
Stereotype
aggression

7. Exit Reflection
List the opinion you plan to express on video games in your justification paper and at least two pieces of evidence you plan to include from the article to support your claim.