Module 20: Can I Persuade You?-Language Arts 2 - Course Guide

Module Overview:

In this module, learners develop reading, writing, and language skills while exploring persuasive texts and expressing their own opinions. Learners practice identifying the author’s purpose and understanding how images, such as diagrams, help clarify meaning in a text. They expand vocabulary by using context clues to determine the meanings of unfamiliar words and strengthen foundational word skills by identifying and spelling words with -ir and -ur and recognizing high-frequency words such as first, girl, and hurt. Learners also build grammar skills by identifying and using possessive nouns and possessive pronouns. Throughout the module, learners use a graphic organizer to plan and then move through the writing process to draft, revise, edit, and publish an opinion piece. In addition, learners practice reading grade-level text with fluency and develop handwriting skills by forming the cursive lowercase letters v and y.

Module Materials:

Lesson #	Lesson Title	Material(s)
1	20.1 Can I Persuade You?	None
2	20.2 Can I Persuade You?	Writing Notebook Handwriting Notebook
3	20.3 Can I Persuade You?	None
4	20.4 Can I Persuade You?	pipe cleaners (chenille stems) (optional) wax craft sticks (optional) highlighters (assorted colors)
5	20.5 Can I Persuade You?	None

Module Objectives:

Lesson #	Lesson Title	Objective(s)
1	20.1 Can I Persuade You?	Identify, read, and spell words with -ir and -ur. Recognize high-frequency words: first, girl, hurt. Recognize the author's purpose and persuasive text. Use context clues for the meaning of new vocabulary words.
2	20.2 Can I Persuade You?	Identify how images (i.e., diagrams) clarify text meaning. Classify possessive pronouns. Use a graphic organizer to draft an opinion piece. Demonstrate proper letter formation of cursive lowercase v and y.
3	20.3 Can I Persuade You?	Identify words with -ir and -ur. Identify high-frequency words: first, girl, hurt. Recognize plural possessives. Revise an opinion piece.
4	20.4 Can I Persuade You?	Recall how images (diagrams) clarify text meaning. Use plural possessives. Demonstrate understanding of conventions by editing an opinion piece. Demonstrate proper letter formation of cursive lowercase v and y.
5	20.5 Can I Persuade You?	Demonstrate fluency when reading a grade-level text. Cite evidence for how images (diagrams) clarify text meaning. Demonstrate understanding of possessives by editing sentences with possessive pronouns. Create a published opinion piece.

Module Key Words:

Key Words	Words of the Week	Spelling Words	Vocabulary Words
context clues fluency graphic organizer r-controlled vowels diagram possessive pronouns opinion rough draft revise r-controlled vowels plural possessive edit publish	first girl hurt	birth third squirm fern serve verb burst spurt curl turn	plan publish revise records similar sum

Module Assignments:

Lesson #	Lesson Title	Page #	Assignment Title

Learning Coach Notes:

Lesson #	Lesson Title	Notes
1	20.1 Can I Persuade You?	In this module, your learner will use diagrams, pictures, and charts to help them understand complex concepts. Have your learner read the text and explain it before looking at the diagram and then again after looking at the diagram. This will demonstrate how the visuals help comprehension. It is important to remind your learner that reading captions is as important as reading the text.
2	20.2 Can I Persuade You?	Your learner may struggle with understanding the difference between a reason and the details that support a reason. Guiding questions are the best way to help them differentiate between them. Use your learner’s opinion as a starting point. Ask them “Why should ____?” You can write the reasons while they dictate. Looking at the reasons, prod for details by asking, “Tell me more about _______.” Color-coding the example and color-coding their rough draft can provide a visual representation of support and details.
3	20.3 Can I Persuade You?	To extend your learner’s knowledge of buildings, you can find pictures of homes and dwellings from around the world. Study the pictures together and ask your learner what building materials were used in the construction. Have your learner predict what natural resources builders use and encourage them to guess what the different houses protect their occupants from. Then, do a search with your learner to find out the answers to the questions. You could also have your learner build a mini-structure out of whatever sticks, dirt, branches, rocks, snow, or leaves are in your area.
4	20.4 Can I Persuade You?	Your learner may not recognize their own mistakes when the time comes to edit their writing. If this is the case, you can point out sentences that need some correction. Or, if the problems are with punctuation, encourage your learner to read their writing aloud exactly as written, prompting them to realize punctuation is missing. If your learner does not respond well to these activities, you can do some writing with them. For example, if you notice that they are writing run-on sentences, write a paragraph of your own with run-on sentences and ask your learner to help you correct them. Then, they will be ready to catch that mistake in their own writing.
5	20.5 Can I Persuade You?	Your learner now knows how to use nonfiction text features to better understand what they are reading. These features enable struggling readers to engage with text that might otherwise be at their frustration level. Once your learner is comfortable with using all the nonfiction text features, encourage them to read more complex texts about topics that interest them. Even if the vocabulary words or level of decoding are slightly out of their reach, they can use the rest of the text features to comprehend the text.

Guiding Questions
Suggested Books

Module Guiding Questions:

When a student starts a lesson ask them questions to check for prior knowledge and understanding and to review concepts being taught. At the end of the lesson ask the questions again to see if their answer changes.

Lesson Title	Question
20.1 Can I Persuade You?	What words do you know that have the /ir/ sound?
20.2 Can I Persuade You?	How do images help you clarify the meaning of a text?
20.3 Can I Persuade You?	What is a possessive pronoun?
20.4 Can I Persuade You?	What is included in an opinion writing piece?

Module Video Questions:

When a student watches a video take time to ask them questions about what they watched. Suggested questions for the videos in this module are listed here. Suggestion: Have the student watch the entire video first all the way through. Then have them watch the video a second time, as they watch it pause the video and ask the questions.

Lesson Title	Video	Question

Module Suggested Read Aloud Books:

Take time to read to your student or have them read aloud to you. Read a different book each day. While reading the book point out concepts being taught. You may purchase these books or find them at your local library. Suggested things to discuss while reading the book:

What is the main idea?
What are three things new you learned?
How does this book relate to what you are learning about?

#	Book	Author
1	Hey, Little Ant	Philip and Hannah Hoose
2	Can We Save the Tiger?	Martin Jenkins
3	Malala’s Magic Pencil	Malala Yousafzai
4	Mistakes That Worked	Charlotte Foltz Jones
5	Accidental Inventions That Changed Our World	Cooper The Pooper

Module Outing:

Take some time to apply what your student is learning to the real world. Suggested outings are below.

#	Outing
1	Learners may visit a local government building, newspaper office, or public library to see how people share ideas and persuade others in the real world. During the visit, learners observe how writers and speakers present opinions, support their ideas with reasons, and use images or diagrams to clarify information. This experience helps learners connect classroom lessons about author’s purpose and persuasive writing to real-life communication as they prepare to write their own opinion piece.