Finding Your Everest Claims and Reasons

 1. Ulena made (pair, pare, pear) preserves from the two bushes left after we ate as many as we could.  2. A perfect 2-(carat, caret, carrot) diamond is much more expensive than a flawed 3-carat diamond.  3. The rays of the (son, sun) contain both ultraviolet and infrared light.  4. The Democrats and Republicans in Congress may form a (packed, pact) to defeat the President's budget proposal. Bell-Ringer Pick which word fits the best!

 Unit 6 Root Words Quiz – Friday 10/17  Fall Picture Make-Ups – Wednesday 10/22  Report Cards – Wednesday 10/29 Announcements and Reminders

 Unit 6 Root Words Worksheet Tonight’s Homework

 Bell-Ringer  Reminders and Announcements  Homework  Review Agenda  Review EQ  Relevance – Have you ever…?  Review Editorial, claim, reasons, and evidence  CFU  Create your graphic organizer  Begin reading “Finding Your Everest”  Model: Finding the Claim  CFU  I do/We do: Finding reasons to support the claim  We Do: What is the counterclaim  Closure  You Do: Find reasons to support counterclaim Agenda

Standard and Essential Question  7.RI.8 Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient to support the claims.  How do we evaluate an argument for sufficient reasons to support the claim and counterclaim?

 Editorial: a written article that portrays someone’s point of view, opinion, or perspective on a particular topic  Claim: someone’s opinion on a particular topic  Reasons: statements that help support someone’s claim  Evidence: facts, statistics, or anecdotes that support someone’s reasons Let’s Review

 How do the components of an editorial work together?  claim, reasons, evidence CFU

Have you ever been held back by your parents or a friend from doing something that you really wanted to do? What were their reasons to why you shouldn’t have done this particular thing? What were your reasons from wanting to pursue it? Relevance

 YOU have a CLAIM, or your opinion or perspective on the situation  Your PARENT OR FRIEND has a COUNTERCLAIM, or their response to your opinion  This idea of claims and counterclaims will come into play during our next story, “Finding Your Everest” What does this mean to me?

 Create these two charts: On a Sheet of Paper… Claim: Support: Reason 1: Reason 2: Reason 3: Reason 4: Counterclaim: Support: Reason 1: Reason 2: Reason 3: Reason 4:

 As we’re reading, keep your eyes and ears open to the CLAIM presented.  ANNOTATE by underlining or highlighting when you find it. Let’s Start Reading!

 I know that when I’m finding the CLAIM, I need to be looking for someone’s opinion or perspective on a topic.  When I read lines 14-21, I see Paul Romero’s opinion, or CLAIM, on his son Jordan wanting to climb “the seven summits”  Through reading, I can safely say the CLAIM is that: THE RISK OF CLIMBING “THE SEVEN SUMMITS” IS NOT TOO GREAT FOR A 13-YEAR-OLD. Model (I do): Finding the Claim

 What is my next step as a reader after I’ve found the claim? What should I be looking for next?  What would happen if the author included NO reasons to support her claim? CFU

 Now we need to find reasons that support this claim. Finding Reasons

I do

 I do:  Reason 1: Lines 7-11 – He is up the challenge physically and mentally  Reason 2: Lines – He is well prepared for the climb Finding Reasons

We Do

 We do:  Reason 3: Lines –  Reason 4: Lines Finding Reasons

 Okay, we’ve worked through the claim and we have reasons to support it.  Now, if the claim is that: THE RISKS OF CLIMBING “THE SEVEN SUMMITS” ARE NOT TOO GREAT FOR A 13-YEAR-OLD…  What would be the COUNTERCLAIM? Or the other side of the argument? Now What?

 Why is it so important to have reasons behind your claim?  Why should you cite a line # along with your reason? Closure

 Finish reading “Finding Your Everest” (Lines 48-68)  Find 4 Reasons to support the COUNTERCLAIM: THE RISKS OF CLIMBING “THE SEVEN SUMMITS” ARE TOO GREAT FOR A 13-YEAR-OLD  Remember to use line #s with your reasons just like how we just practiced.  The timer is set for 12 minutes! GO!!!! With Your Group