CC Tasks: TCRWP Nonfiction Reading and Argument Writing (Grade 8)
(Complete Item Description)
- Abstract:
Task Description: Students will write an objective summary of a text, analyzing a central idea of that text and its supporting ideas and information. Students will also write argument pieces, taking a stance on the topic of sports programming in high school, supporting their claims with clear reasons and information derived from the video and print informational texts provided. This packet contains two units designed to support studentsŐ journeys towards proficiency in reading and analyzing nonfiction texts, analyzing information across multiple texts, and writing argument essays based on their research. The task included asks each student to read and watch several nonfiction texts that give information about an issue, to take a stance on that issue, and defend that stance in an argument essay, drawing on the provided texts for support.
- Subject:
- Humanities
- Grade Level:
- Secondary
- Collection:
- New York City Department of Education
