1. 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 –

2. 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):

3. Argumentative Writing Vocabulary

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. Practice

8. Practice

9. Practice

10. Practice

11. 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?

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

13. Slip or Trip?

14. 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.

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

16. Closer:

17. …
Warm Up (1/25/17):

18. 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)?