There are 5 essential pieces you need when designing a winning argument: evidence, reasoning, your claim, counterclaims, and personal finishes that make the argument your own. It’s only 5 things, but it’s difficult for kids to keep them all straight without a picture that shows them how those parts are interconnected and work together. So, I developed a simple way of helping students visualize the design of an argument. In this talk, I will share this design and discuss how I use it to paint a clear, memorable picture in the minds of students.
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That is a great question that shines a light on the hardest part for my kids -- digesting and dissecting an argument that is not their own. One of the benefits of the layer cake metaphor for my students…
Exactly. Once that lightbulb goes off, that’s when the students start transferring these skills of interpreting information through critical thinking and applied personal experiences to all content areas…
What I found interesting here was how the visual was a creative whole and not a sequence. I use the concept of an "evidence sandwich" to show how the claim, the lead-in phrase, the quote, the…