FOR TEACHERS Monday – Focus on exposing students to vocabulary, getting definitions, and practicing Tuesday – Slip or Trip activity to begin practicing claim, evidence, and explaining evidence Wednesday – Police report synthesizing audience, claim, evidence, and explanations Thursday – Friday –

Have you ever won an argument or witnessed someone win Have you ever won an argument or witnessed someone win? Create a list of things the winner did to win the argument.  Warm Up (1/23/17):

Argumentative Writing Vocabulary

Argumentative Writing Vocabulary Claim – Your belief about a specific topic, issue, event, or idea Reasoning – Thinking about something in a sensible way Logical – Uses reasoning; what is clear and makes sense Sound – Showing good judgement Bias – A tendency to be prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group

Argumentative Writing Vocabulary Evidence – Details, facts, and information that supports a claim Relevant – Connected with what is happening or being discussed Irrelevant – Not related to what is being discussed; unimportant Credible – Able to be believed or trusted Valid – Based on truth or reason; able to be accepted

Argumentative Writing Vocabulary Accurate – Correct, exact, and without any mistakes Sufficient – Enough for a particular purpose Counterargument/counterclaim – acknowledging the other side of the argument Opposing Viewpoint – goes against or disagrees with your claim Rebuttal – demonstrates why counterargument is wrong or not as valid

Practice

Practice

Practice

Practice

Closer: Give a claim and two reasons for each of the following debates: Should we have year round school? Should we get rid of grades?

State your claim and give two reasons for the following debate: Should school uniforms be mandatory? Warm Up (1/24/17):

Slip or Trip?

Directions 1. Do you think Queenie is telling the truth? Make a Claim.    2. Find all the evidence you can that indicates whether or not Queenie is telling the truth. Make a list of all the evidence (even if you think the evidence contradicts your claim). Evidence includes concrete, observable information; personal testimony; written documents; and material objects and their condition or appearance.    3. Next explain how each piece of evidence supports your claim that Queenie is (or is not) telling the truth. Each explanation should describe a generally accepted rule, so begin with, “As a rule…”. If other members of your team disagree with you, find evidence that will convince them.    4. Be prepared to explain why your evidence supports your case.

Slip or Trip? Evidence (concrete,  observable  information;  personal  testimony;  written  documents;  and their condition or appearance)   Explanation (As a rule…)

Closer:

… Warm Up (1/25/17):

Police Report You are an investigative team writing the report on what happened. Consider the following when writing your 1 page report: Who is your audience? When did you arrive? What did you find? What did the witness say? Does evidence support what Queenie said? What is your conclusion (claim)? How does the evidence (at least 3) support your conclusion (claim)?