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Lynn Catanus
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Year in Track I:
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ELA
McCracken
Date: 12/16/2014
Schwarzenegger on passing a law for using hands-free devices. With background knowledge from research after the debates, the
students will consider the support from both propositions and determine which article makes stronger arguments.
Is this lesson for an introduction or review lesson?: The debate is an introduction.
How are the students being assessed (formal or informal)?:
*please attach any assessment used
The students will be assessed in 2 ways. For this particular lesson, they will be assessed informally through the notes that theyve gathered
from research in preparation for the debate. I will be grading the quality of their researched information (Do the researched facts support the
proposition?), and I will be grading how accurately they categorized each piece of information as a fact, an expert opinion, or an observation.
After another lesson on analyzing support, the students will be ready for a formal assessment a summative on persuasive techniques and
analyzing support.
Modifications (how will you change the lesson and/or delivery to meet the needs of your students?):
Students who scored 60% or lower on the formative will be given a document with quick links to help aid their research. This is to ensure that
their sources are appropriate.
Extensions (how will you change the lesson and/or delivery to meet the needs of your students?):
Students who scored 80% or higher will be in charge of completing research for counter-arguments. These students will predict what the
other teams strongest arguments will be. They will then research information that will negate those arguments.
Reflection
Some questions to consider when reflecting:
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The formal summative assessment scores also showed student growth when compared to the formative assessment scores. There
were many open-ended questions which allowed the students to demonstrate their understanding of why a statement showed a
specific persuasive technique or why a statement was a strong or poor argument.
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also motivated by competition, they were extremely focused by articulating their thoughts and listening to others thoughts during
the debate as well.
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