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The letter will express and attempt to defend the conclusion that Annemarie comes to on whether someone can indeed become more brave when they are unaware of the full risks they are taking, or whether true bravery can only be measured on the basis of how much risk someone knowingly faces in order to achieve some purpose or cause.  \nNumber the Stars – Persuasive Letter Page 1  \nMethod and Procedure  \n(1) Introduce the debatable issues to your class, and define terms that may be unfamiliar. Try to come up with examples beyond and outside of the novel that can illustrate how either side of each debatable issue might defend their position.  \n(2) Read the novel with the class, alternating between in-class read alouds, silent independent reading, and students reading to each other in small groups. Use the argument-based discussion questions at the end of each chapter cluster to lead whole-class discussion, conduct small-group discussions that are then shared out, or to have students write their responses individually or in pairs. The questions will help students activate their thinking about the debatable issues.  \n(3) After you have finished reading the novel and discussing the argument-based questions, return the students to the first debatable issue. Tell the students that they will be writing a persuasive letter as though they were Annemarie, to her friend Ellen. Annemarie wants to write to Ellen to ask her if she is coming back to Copenhagen. The letter will also express and attempt to defend the conclusion that Annemarie comes to on whether someone can indeed become more brave when they are unaware of the full risks they are taking, or whether true bravery can only be measured on the basis of how much risk someone knowingly faces in order to achieve some purpose or cause. The letter will, in effect, be Annemarie’s telling her friend how brave she thinks she was in the war.  \n(4) You should distribute the Persuasive Letter Template and review the parts of the letter that the template will help them build. Students should draft their own letter, though, after they complete the template. The template is a tool to help them write their final version. Students can optionally draw a picture coming from the narrative, if they’d like, and add that to their final version of the letter.  \n(5) Read through and review the Selected Passages with students, demonstrating how one or two of them might be used as support in the letter.  \nNumber the Stars – Persuasive Letter Page 2  \n(6) Give students time in class to complete their Persuasive Letter Template. Collect the templates for formative assessment. Hand back the templates with feedback, either for each student individually, or by identifying patterns of proficiencies and deficiencies in a set of analytics.  \n(7) Monitor and support student work in turning their Persuasive Letter Template into a full letter. 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