RI8 Remediation Unit 2 Fall 2023

Use the document to read "To Prepare Kids for the Future, Bring Back Shop and Home" watch the video, "Parts of an Argument." CHECK OFF BELOW THAT YOU DID BOTH.

• I read the passage.

• I watched the video.

• I did NOT read the passage.

• I did NOT watch the video.

What position does the author take on the argument?

• Schools should no longer teach life skills because students should receive that training at home.

• Schools are responsible for a majority of the skills you will learn.

• Students benefit from an education that includes more skills-based classes.

• Students should avoid technology classes because it takes time away from their academics.

How does the author develop the primary claim?

• Describing the decline in students signing up for Family and Consumer Sciences.

• Revealing that test scores drop in schools with less skills-based classes.

• Illustrating the benefits of non-academic classes.

• Suggesting that kids and teachers have requested skills-based classes.

What evidence does the article provide to back the claim that schools should teach more skills?

• There are some important life skills that are taught in home ec and shop that students don’t receive anywhere else.

• Industrial arts has now switched to technology education.

• The active learning of hands-on classes is better than the passive learning of classes that use desk work.

• The author was scared during shop class.

What is one reason the author give about why this change is relevant now?

• The recent pandemic revealed students need more self care.

• The recent pandemic revealed students only get life skills from home.

• The recent pandemic revealed students cannot learn from a screen.

• The recent pandemic revealed students need these skills due to environmental and health challenges.

Create a counterclaim for this argument.

• Schools should continue to focus solely on academic subjects.

• Students should learn life skills exclusively from their parents.

• Skills-based classes are a waste of time and resources.

• Technology classes are more important than skills-based classes.