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 * Your Name: Emily Abena Antwih **
 * School: Tapp Middle School **
 * Lesson Title: ** You Could Get With this, Or You Could Get With That.
 * Annotation: ** In this lesson, I would like to help students see the relevance of skills acquired when they study comparison contrast writing to their lives. This is the first essay addressed in the unit on expository writing. I would like to use the jig-saw learning strategy to take what maybe a long article and chunk it into manageable parts.

Students will be able to understand how comparing and contrasting traits leads to evidence based conclusions. Students will understand the components of a point by point comparison contrast essay. Students will be able to complete a Venn diagram.
 * Primary Learning Outcome: **

//Add any outcomes that will occur during the lesson but are not considered to be integral to the lesson. They can be listed as statements or critical questions. // Is knowledge/information truly power?
 * Additional Learning Outcome (optional): **
 * Essential Question(s): **

What purpose doe information serve in decision making?
 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">Daily Question: **
 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">Assumptions of Prior Knowledge: **

<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">Assume that all students are familiar with cell phones and general technology related to them. <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">Student know and understand what a comparison contrast essay is. <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">Common Core Standards <span style="color: #8a2003; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">RI.8.3. <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;"> Analyze how a text makes connections among and distinctions between individuals, ideas, or events (e.g., through comparisons, analogies, or categories).
 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">Assessed GPS/CCS: **

<span style="color: #8a2003; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">RI.8.5. <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;"> Analyze in detail the structure of a specific paragraph in a text, including the role of particular sentences in developing and refining a key concept

<span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">Assessed Georgia Performance Standards <span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.67px;"> organizers, logical order, cause and effect relationships, comparison and contrast). explanation of a variety of literary and informational texts. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.67px;">e. Uses information from a variety of consumer, workplace, and public documents
 * //__<span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.67px;">ELA8R1 __//**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.67px;"> The student demonstrates comprehension and shows evidence of a warranted and responsible b. Applies, analyzes, and evaluates common organizational structures (e.g., graphic
 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">Assessed NCTE Standards **
 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">????? **


 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">Materials: **
 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">Students will need a **
 * 1) **<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;"> pen, **
 * 2) **<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;"> I phone vs. EVO note sheet **
 * 3) **<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;"> An article comparing and contrasting the I phone and the Samsung EVO. **


 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">Total Duration: **<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">This activity will take 30 min.

<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">No technology used for this activity <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">Review (5min) Review key terminology associated with expository writing <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;"> Thesis statement, elaboration, audience, conclusion statement <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;"> Review thesis statement, similarities and differences and conclusion statement discussed in previous days sample comparison contrast essay. <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">Guided Practice (15 min) <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">Students will be divided into groups of 2-3. Each group will be given 8 envelopes that compare and contrast traits of the iphone and the EVO. In their groups students are to identify which paragraphs identify similarities and which discuss differences. Students are to write down statements or phrases from the article supporting their claims. <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">Wrap up (5 min) <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;"> Students will complete an exit ticket that asks them to properly label the thesis, conclusion statement, supporting details of a comparison contrast paragraph.
 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">Technology Connection (optional): **
 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">Procedures: **

<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">Students will complete and exit ticket.
 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">Assessment: **

<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">Students can come up with 2 more categories to compare and contrast the iphone to the EVO. This could include categories like popularity or accessories. Students could use the internet to research these topics and construct a comparison contrast paragraph with the information.
 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">Extension: **

<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">This activity could be modified with the use of technology. A student could listen to the article instead of reading it. <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">A student could have 3-5 paragraphs to analyze instead of 8.
 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">Inclusion/Diversity: **

<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">The article could be read to students and an instructor could do this project as a guided practice activity. <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">8th Grade Expository Writing Unit <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">[|Prentice Hall Literature: Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes] <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">[|iPhone vs HTC EVO]
 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">Remediation: **
 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">Works Cited and Consulted: **