1. DO NOW – 2/4/16 Take out your folder and the WS from yesterday. Make sure all parts are filled out, and answer the question at the bottom with a three to four sentence response: Do you agree or disagree with Auden’s point about human responses to suffering? Explain your answer with EVIDENCE from personal experience, current events, or world history. *If you finished the WS, preview today’s handout also in the folder. Make sure all parts are filled out, and answer the question at the bottom with a three to four sentence response: Do you agree or disagree with Auden’s point about human responses to suffering? Explain your answer with EVIDENCE from personal experience, current events, or world history. *If you finished the WS, preview today’s handout also in the folder.

2. Topic / Objective & Essential Question Topic / Objective: 1) To identify parts of an argument and analyze good claims from bad ones. Essential Question(s): 1) What makes a good claim? Topic / Objective: 1) To identify parts of an argument and analyze good claims from bad ones. Essential Question(s): 1) What makes a good claim?

3. Announcements 1) Make sure the WS on “The Fall of Icarus” is completed – I’ll collect at the end of the period (place in your folder).

4. GALLERY WALK (5-7 minutes) 1)Take a copy of the WS in your folder. 2)Group up: 2-3 people per group. Go to your assigned station (take your books with you). 3)Look at the piece of the painting on the wall – answer this question associated with each section: how does the image support an attitude about suffering or tragedy? 4)When I give the signal, rotate to a new image.

5. Return to your Desks 1)Open to page 190. 2)Read together “Musee des Beaux Arts” by W.H. Auden 3)Take 2-3 minutes to share out ideas that you observe from the poem.

6. Whole Class Discussion 1)What is Auden saying about how human’s respond to tragedy? A: Auden is stating that the “Old Masters” like Breughel knew about how people ignore tragedy and suffering when it occurs.

7. Arguments 1)The ELA Regents Exam (Common Core) and college writing tasks require students to write arguments.

8. TURN AND TALK (1 min) 1)What is an argument? Define it in your own words. A: An argument is a claim or position on a topic, supported by reasoning and evidence.

9. Parts of an Argument A successful argument needs: 1) A claim – an opinion that can be supported with evidence, in which someone might disagree with.

10. Parts of an Argument A successful argument needs: 2) Reasoning – logical connections between evidence in support of a claim, for example “cause and effect” relationships.

11. Parts of an Argument A successful argument needs: 3) Evidence – information that “proves” the claim; takes many forms, for example statistics.

12. Today Our goal is to distinguish between claims and other kinds of statements, for example factual evidence or unsupportable opinions.

13. Good Claims vs. Bad Claims Good Claim: The rise in crime in Brooklyn can be explained by the lack of after- school activities and job training programs for youth.

14. What makes this a good claim? The rise in crime in Brooklyn can be explained by the lack of after-school activities and job training programs for youth. A: Some might disagree with the idea; the author is referencing evidence and facts.

15. Good Claims vs. Bad Claims Why is this a bad claim?: Education leads to more opportunities in life. A: No one would disagree with this statement.

16. Good Claims vs. Bad Claims Why is this a bad claim?: The Greek god of the ocean, Poseidon, causes the waves to crash when he’s angry. A: Evidence cannot be used to prove or disprove this idea.

17. A Good Claim – Check List 1)Would someone disagree with it? 2)Can evidence be used to prove or disprove the point?