6th grade Common Core RI.9-10.9 resources for GATE

Understanding Euphemisms, Ambiguities, and Twisted Wording in Nonfiction

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Spin-doctoring, the purposeful twisting of words to manipulate nonfiction readers, can create dangerous propaganda for minds unaccustomed to critical analysis of word choices. We must teach 6th- through 9th-grade students to read critically and be on the lookout for subtly injected points-of-view in nonfiction and misleading "facts." This lesson, in the form of a ready-to-use handout, takes a humorous approach to verbal manipulation by first presenting a funny retelling of a criminal's history

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Writing-Expository

Grades:

6th - 9th

Types:

Handouts, GATE, Homework

CCSS:

RI.6.1

, RI.6.2

, RI.6.3

, RI.6.4

, RI.6.5