1. Welcome!
Language Arts
Ms. Marek
Thursday-Friday, February 9-10,
2012

2. Independent Reading
Retrieve your library book
READ READ READ READ
READ READ READ

3. Schedule
Monday Quiz
Tuesday Data / Organization
Wednesday Organization
Thursday Organization / Bias
Friday Bias
• Quiz on MONDAY – review vocab

4. OBJECTIVE
SWBAT analyze
organizational patterns
in their own writing
SWBAT identify and
analyze bias in
persuasive writing

5. Bias
 Showing a particular tendency or preference towards
one idea over another
 Bias occurs on a spectrum:
– Unbiased: authors explains both points of view
– Somewhat biased: author explains both points of
view but shows how one side is better than the
other
– Biased: author only shows one side of an
argument
 The best writing is somewhat biased
– addresses both sides of an argument but uses
evidence to show that one side is valid (or right)

6. REMINDERS
READ READ READ!
Start thinking about a book you
want to read.
READ READ READ!