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Lesson Title	Author's Point of View
Unit Title	Mining for Truth with Point of View
NRS Level	Level 4
Length of Lesson	120 minutes

Lesson Purpose

This lesson will help students understand the importance of becoming smart and critical readers so that they will not be “Facebook Fools” and fall for everything they read. Analyzing the credibility of a text begins with identifying the claims and evidence an author uses, as well as the skill of determining whether an author has a biased point of view.

Lesson Objectives

At the end of this lesson, students will be able to:

Identify a claim
Identify evidence supporting a claim
Find clues that suggest a positive or negative bias from the author

Student Target

“I can identify an author’s point of view or claim and identify evidence used to support the author’s claim.”

CCR Standards

Reading

Reading Anchor 8
Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, including the validity of the reasoning as well as the relevance and sufficiency of the evidence. (Apply this standard to texts of appropriate complexity as outlined by Standard 10.)

Lead CCR Level Specific Standards

Reading Anchor 8: Level C

RI.5.8
Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text, identifying which reasons and evidence support which point(s).