Milestone 2

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How do communities and individuals recognize and challenge oppression? Which are the most effective?

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When is there a need for civil disobedience?

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Stepping Stone 1

Select a paragraph or several passages from “The Hate U Give.” Describe how it is cohesive.

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Stepping Stone 2

Review your topic and claim from Milestone 1. Brainstorm some counterclaims to your argument.

✅ ELA. 3.2 Cohesion and Counterclaims

• Cohesion: Review the following examples of cohesion from LMU’s Does My Paragraph Flow?�
• Individually, in pairs or in small groups, rewrite the paragraphs from Practice Cohesion.�
• Review your responses against Answers-Cohesion.

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• Review “counterclaims” by going through Writing Explanation Part III: Building an Argument

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✅ ELA. 3.2 Cohesion and Counterclaims (con’t)

Organize your ideas in a logical order in a format appropriate to the task (e.g., paragraphs) to answer the question How do communities and individuals recognize and challenge oppression? Which are the most effective? When is there a need for civil disobedience?

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Write a cohesive argument that follows a logical progression in the format that is most appropriate to answer the question above.

✅ ELA. 3.2 Cohesion and Counterclaims (con’t)

Write several logical reasons that support your claim. Support each reason by citing two or more relevant and convincing pieces of evidence from credible sources.

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Develop several logical reasons that directly support my claim, citing multiple pieces of relevant and convincing evidence from credible sources to support each reason.

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✅ ELA. 3.2 Cohesion and Counterclaims (con’t)

Use evidence to refute or disprove the counterclaim (Stepping Stone 2).

OR�Fairly and thoroughly develop and refute counterclaims.

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