Jennifer, I went to a one day training and your explanation was exactly the way it was explained. While the jargon changes the major concepts keep coming back. I would love to see lesson plans that people who use Mosaic strategies are producing. Are any new books or workshops coming from Ellin's group. Pat On Sep 29, 2013, at 5:36 AM, "Palmer, Jennifer" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Argument writing is NOT persuasive. It is writing to build a case. Suppose > you ask your students to read Shakespeare...say ...Hamlet. Argument writing > would be a response to a prompt like "Was Hamlet justified in his feelings > against the new king? Why or why not?" Argument writing is about taking a > position and using evidence from the text (or in some cases of argument > writing) their own research... and building a case for their thesis. > > My understanding is that claims support a thesis. A thesis is an overall > statement. There may be several claims that support the thesis... and of > course, under the CCSS in argument writing you must support all of your > claims. > Example... > Hamlet was justified in his plot against his king and mother. (thesis) > Claim 1... They murdered his father. > (then text evidence to support) > Claim 2... They murdered the rightful king. > (then text evidence to support) > Claim 3...self defense...they might murder Hamlet next because he is an heir > to the throne... > (then text evidence to support) > > It has been a while since I read Hamlet, but even if I don't remember the > plot line accurately, I hope this example helps. > > And in the 20+ years I have been in education, the jargon has continually > changed...so I would expect that to continue...CCSS though, I think, will be > around for quite a while. > >> On Sep 28, 2013, at 10:35 AM, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> >> I'm wondering about the new vocabulary associated with the Common Core State >> Standards. I'm only getting little snippets for my colleagues, but nothing >> official at school, and nothing that helps me understand the difference. >> I think that the word claim has replaced the word thesis. What's the >> difference? If there is no difference, why is there now a different word? >> >> Persuasive writing is now called argumentative writing. Why? All my >> students think they know what an argument is, and I would not call that >> persuasive. >> Also, do you think these new words will be replaced (again) in the next few >> years? >> >> I'm interested in any information you all can share before I start my >> students on their first big writing assignment. Thanks! >> Jan >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mosaic mailing list >> [email protected] >> To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to >> http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org >> >> Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive >> > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive > PatK _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive
