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Lesson Plan: Reasons and Evidence

Subject:  ELA- Reading

Grade: 5

Lesson Objective: To identify how an author uses reasons and evidence to support a particular point

Common Core Standard:  CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.8- Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text, identifying which reasons and evidence support which point(s).

Materials:

Starter:

Say:

  • When someone is trying to convince you to do something, what kind of information should they give you to get you to do what they want? (Allow the students to answer.)

Main:

Say:

  • Trying to convince someone to do something is called persuading them.  When someone is trying to persuade you to do something and they write about it, it is called a persuasive essay.
  • What are some reasons that an author might want to persuade you to do something?  (Allow the students to answer.)
  • Authors write persuasive essay for a few different reasons.  A few of those reasons are to convince someone to think the way that they think or do something that they think is important.
  • When writing a persuasive essay, authors will include facts, statistics or quotes to help support their opinion.
  • The most important thing to do when reading a text is to try to figure out if the author is trying to convince you to do something and what he or she is trying to convince you to do.
  • Many times, an author will tell you why this topic is important to them and then they will share evidence that supports what they are saying.
  • When you are reading, you should figure out what the author is trying to convince you of and then look for the evidence that they share.
  • Now, you are going to read a persuasive text.  After you have finished reading, you will answer questions.
  • Does anyone have any questions?

Feedback:

Say:

  • Who would like to share their answers?  (Allow the students to share and go over the answers.)

Written by Kimberly Greacen, Education World® Contributing Writer

Kimberly is an educator with extensive experience in curriculum writing and developing instructional materials to align with Common Core State Standards and Bloom's Taxonomy.

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