How to Find and Use Evidence within Persuasive Writing
Lesson Title
How to Find and Use Evidence within Persuasive Writing
Abstract
The learner for this lesson is an adult in high school preparing to use persuasive techniques for the future. This is an English language arts lesson, and it introduces evidence as something necessary to support the claims within persuasive writing. Evidence helps demonstrate the relationship between ideas and words within the claim that should be the key ideas within the essay, passage, or to support a claim. Learners will practice using this evidence to support their claim about their topic. Then they will find one piece of evidence from an article on that topic.
Learner Audience / Primary Users
The primary users for this lesson plan will be teachers teaching students how to find evidence within articles to create a persuasive essay, opinion or claim. This lesson can be easily used within a larger unit plan for creating a persuasive presentation.
College & Career Readiness Standards (CCRS) Alignment
Curriculum / Instruction
Language
- English / French
Material Type
Instructional material
Readings and guided practice
Keywords
Style Her Empowered
21st Century Skills
High School Education
Writing, evidence, claims, informational texts
Time Required for Lesson
50 minutes
Targeted Skills
Key skills covered in this lesson include:
Computer Skills
Research Skills
Learning Objectives
By the end of this lesson:
The students will be able to identify evidence in a document that is relevant to a specific argument claim or opinion.
The students will be able to explain evidence using their own words.
The students will be able to describe how evidence effectively supports the stated argument.
The student will be able to write a short paragraph stating their opinion in their own words, and then be able to connect that opinion to look quotes to support the claim.
Prior Knowledge
Understand how to identify main topics versus subtopics within the text.
The student will have the ability to distinguish opinions versus facts.
The student will have the ability to read fiction and nonfiction texts that are above and ninth grade level.
The student will have the ability to understand “argument” and how it is used within persuasive writing.
Required Resources
Internet access to be able to print articles and worksheets for the learner through OER and Open Author.
Download: Explain Your Evidence.pdf
Download: Citing Evidence_Demonstration.pdf
Download: Evidence Rubric.pdf
Lesson Author & License
Lesson Author: Savannah Blake and Sharon Minnoch
License: Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 license