Two Sides, Same Facts: Comparing Points of View: Reading Unit 2, Grade 7 (Letters & Devotion)

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Two Sides, Same Facts: Comparing Points of View is Unit 2 of Reading Arguments, Writing Positions: Grade 7 English Language Arts (Grade 7), the Letters & Devotion Reading course, complete in one printable PDF: 8 lessons, the unit check-up and the answer key, 54 pages.

• Unit 1 argument vocabulary (claim, evidence, sufficiency, counterclaim)
• The distinction between point of view and purpose
• Word choice as a signal of point of view
• Selection of fact as a driver of differing point of view across two texts on one event
• The Unit 1 sufficiency filter applied to competing evidence in a two-text comparison
• Selection and framing as the source of disagreement between factually accurate texts
• Strength of a stated counterclaim relative to the actual opposing position
• An original comparative claim on a new pair of opposing-viewpoint texts, including counterclaim acknowledgment

Every lesson is written for a parent with no teaching background: it opens with a short script to read aloud, names the specific wrong idea a student is likely to reach for and how to correct it, and closes with a practice sheet you may copy for your household. Scripture references are King James Version throughout. Black-and-white, 8.5 x 11 in. The whole year of this course is also in this store as a single book.

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