Dr. Martin Luther King's Persuasive Letter From The Birmingham Jail

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Semester A Unit 6 Lesson 2

Introduction and Objective
'Because I said so!' We've probably all heard that phrase at some point before. Maybe you heard it when your mom or dad gets tired of giving reasons for why something should be done. A frustrated mom might have some success using it on her children, but what kind of response would Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. have received if he wrote his persuasive letter from the Birmingham Jail this way? Dr. King would not have received any support or respect by his audience, the eight white clergymen or the community, if he wrote in that manner. This is why he made sure to include credible information.

Today's lesson objective is: students will be able to identify credible sources to cite within an argumentative text.
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Think about the places you look to get information for an assignment, research report, or a persuasive letter. What can you do to assure where you are getting your information is a reliable and credible source? How can you be sure you’re using them in the right way? Open your digital notebook and describe your strategy and the learning skills you will use to succeed in this lesson. image http://pixabay.com/en/library-book-reading-education-488687/

Instruction, Modeling and Student Activities

So, you have thought about your topic for your persuasive letter and started to prewrite. Now what? Where do you start? A common way to begin is by brainstorming about strong reasons for making your claim, and where you can get evidence to support those reasons and the claim itself. These reasons are the “why” behind the “what.”

Let’s break it down into two parts:

Claim: This is the main point you are making, or what you are trying to persuade people to do.

Let’s look at an