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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Analyze Literary Essays' Inclusion of Personal Opinions and Facts

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this lesson, you will learn how to identify and discuss the use of facts, personal examples, and ideas and how they are woven into a literary essay.
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Activity
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Analyze an Argument: Practice 1 (English I Reading)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this lesson, you are going to practice analyzing the evidence that supports or opposes an argument. You are also going to learn to analyze the quality, relevance, and credibility of the evidence so you can decide whether to accept the...
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Differentiate Between Substantiated and Unsubstantiated Opinions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, you will learn to differentiate fact from opinion and to decide whether an opinion is substantiated or not. These are important reading and writing skills.
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Article
Other

Csicop: Field Guide to Critical Thinking

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This article, originally published in Skeptical Inquirer, outlines some of the key components of the scientific problem-solving process while addressing the many reasons for the popularity of paranormal beliefs in the U.S. (Published in...
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Handout
Other

Tidewater Community College: Book or Article Review or Critique Guidelines

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Many students are not sure what type of information to include in a book or article review. This site provides some general guidelines. It covers not only the type of content to be included but also the format.
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Handout
CommonLit

Common Lit: Text Sets: Argument, Bias, and Persuasion

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Collection of 43 Grade-Leveled texts (6-12)on the topic Argument, Bias, and Persuasion. Have students track arguments through texts as they examine logical reasoning, bias, and persuasive techniques such as emotional appeals, character...
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Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Necessary Assumptions Learn More

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Necessary assumption questions ask you to determine what has to be true - but was never explicitly stated - in order for an argument to work. Stated differently, if a necessary assumption were discovered to be false, the argument would...
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Introduction to Arguments

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The Logical Reasoning section of the LSAT assesses your ability to analyze arguments. This article introduces you to the components of an argument and how to recognize them. If this is new to you, it's a good idea to spend quite a bit of...
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Study Guide
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Types of Conclusions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
You might find it helpful to categorize the kind of conclusion you're dealing with as you approach passages that contain arguments on the LSAT. Your success in analyzing arguments-passages with a conclusion and supporting evidence-starts...
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Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: If X, Then Y Sufficiency and Necessity

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this lesson, you will learn how to recognize arguments that contain conditional statements, and learn the difference between sufficient and necessary conditions.
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Handout
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Necessary Assumptions Quick Guide

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A quick guide to approaching questions that ask you to find an assumption required by the argument. This question asks you to identify the claim that must be true or is required in order for the argument to work. In other words, there is...
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Handout
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Organizing Information Quick Guide

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Organizing information questions ask you to understand and analyze how a passage works to make an argument. What is the progression of ideas in the passage? or What is the purpose of a specific paragraph?
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Study Guide
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Identify the Conclusion Quick Guide

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The resource from Khan Academy provides practice questions for the LSAT. This section provides quick guide on "how to identify a conclusion in a line of reasoning" in the "Logical Reasoning" section.
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Study Guide
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Identify the Conclusion Learn More

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The resource from Khan Academy provides practice questions for the LSAT. This section provides quick guide on "how to identify the main conclusion of an argument" in the "Logical Reasoning" section.
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Study Guide
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Identify the Conclusion Examples

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The resource from Khan Academy provides practice questions for the LSAT. This section provides examples of the "Main Conclusion" question type of the "Logical Reasoning" section.
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Activity
Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Teenage Brain: Review Claims About Social Media

For Students 9th Standards
Review claims made in "Teens: This Is How Social Media Affects Your Brain."
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Activity
Harvey Mudd College

Claremont Colleges: Writing an Argument

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Brief handout describing different forms of argument for writing.
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Handout
ACT360 Media

Writing Den: Classification Paragraphs

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
These tips and phrases can help you create a classification paragraph.
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Website
Other

Ed u.com: Three Fundamentals of Selling Your Message

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site is provided for by Ed-U.com. Based on the Greek ideas of ethos, logos, and pathos the writer addresses how to adequately persuade an audience.
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eBook
Other

Cuesta College: Reading Comprehension Guide: Inferences and Conclusions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Explanations and examples of inferences and conclusions in reading and in understanding context clues to define unknown vocabulary.
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Article
Other

Daniel J. Kurland: Critical Reading: Inference: Reading Ideas as Well as Words

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This college instructor offers his insights into critical reading and how to develop skills to interpret as well as comprehend the written word. RL.9-10.1, RL.11-12.1, RI.9-10.1 textual evidence and inference.
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Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: Ethos, Logos, Pathos

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A learning module with eight links to images, videos, charts, and assessments about ethos, logos, and pathos.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Becoming an Effective Listener

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart focuses on the traits of an effective listener and the identification of popular logical fallacies and propaganda techniques. In addition, there is an Activote at the end to check student...
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Fact and Opinion

For Teachers 3rd - 9th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Designed for grade 6, this flipchart covers the differences between fact and opinion. Students will analyze statements to determine if they are a fact or if they are an opinion.