Can you easily support an argument from them? What could that argument be? Collect evidence from groups in addition to their answers to the above questions. Use these to evaluate the extent to which students are able to make connections among their pieces of evidence, and to the validity of their argument given these connections. (Formative Assessment - Evidence to Support an Argument”) “Selecting **Lesson ideas excerpted from Selecting Evidence to Support an Argument by Caroline Sain Obj. # INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITIES: (What Students Do) 1 Students will identify multiple pieces of evidence that help to support an argument. 2 Students will evaluate whether or not their chosen evidence is interconnected and will easily support an identifiable argument. UNIT RESOURCES: (include internet addresses for linking) Websites readwritethink.org (Narrative of Frederick Douglass a Slave, Written By Himself CCSS Exemplar Text) – (Churchill, Winston: Toil, Tears and Sweat: Address to Parliament on May 13th, 1940.” CCSS Exemplar Text) “Blood, – *Includes both audio and written forms
Can you easily support an argument from them? What could that argument be? Collect evidence from groups in addition to their answers to the above questions. Use these to evaluate the extent to which students are able to make connections among their pieces of evidence, and to the validity of their argument given these connections. (Formative Assessment - “Selecting Evidence to Support an Argument”) **Lesson ideas excerpted from Selecting Evidence to Support an Argument by Caroline Sain Obj. # 1 2 INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITIES: (What Students Do) Students will identify multiple pieces of evidence that help to support an argument. Students will evaluate whether or not their chosen evidence is interconnected and will easily support an identifiable argument. UNIT RESOURCES: (include internet addresses for linking) Websites readwritethink.org (Narrative of Frederick Douglass a Slave, Written By Himself – CCSS Exemplar Text) (Churchill, Winston: “Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat: Address to Parliament on May 13th, 1940.” – CCSS Exemplar Text) *Includes both audio and written forms
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