Transcript abe.mpls.k12.mn.us

Identifying and
Evaluating Evidence
Chelsey Tulgren & John Trerotola
Metro North and Robbinsdale ABE
OBJECTIVE
● Participants
will be able to identify
strategies to help students gather
and evaluate evidence
AGENDA
Background
● Vocabulary
● Identify evidence
● Evaluate evidence
● Putting it together
● Resources
● Questions
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Extended Response
SS=25 minutes
● RLA=45 minutes
● Similar rubrics
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Writing for SS (archived), Paraphrasing
(Jan. 27), Writing an Argument (Feb. 10)
Vocabulary
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Claim
Evidence
Warrant
Persuade
Position
Conclusion
Argument
Counterclaim
Fill in the blank
This or That Debates
NY Times Learning Network
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What's going on in this picture?
Crime and Puzzlement
Growth Mindset and Grit
The Key to
Success?
Grit.
Creating Charts and Graphs
Evaluating Evidence
Quiz
Evaluating Evidence for the
Social Studies Test
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Stanford History Education Group
Questioning the Author
Strong or Weak Evidence?
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Persuasion is all around you!
Evaluating Reasoning
Relevant
● Sound
● Specific
● Logical
● Faulty Reasoning
● Fallacies of Logic
● Valid and Invalid
● Reliable
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Valid Evidence Samples
Claim #1
Topic: Simple changes can cut your carbon emissions greatly!
a.) I think that we need to do something quickly to help save the
environment.
b.) If you hang your clothes outside on the clothesline instead of
using the electric dryer, you can cut your carbon emissions by
351 lbs/year.
c.) Kids can help parents by doing some household chores.
Using GED 2014 Text Resources
Questions?
Resources
This or That Books - http://www.amazon.com/This-That-Animal-Debate-Rip-Roaring/dp/1429692723
NY Times Learning Network What’s Going on in this Picture? http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/category/lesson-plans/whats-going-on-in-this-picture/?_r=0
Crime and Puzzlement - http://www.amazon.com/Crime-And-Puzzlement-Solve-them-yourselfMysteries/dp/0879234059
Grit TEDx Talk by Angela Duckworth http://www.ted.com/talks/angela_lee_duckworth_the_key_to_success_grit/transcript?language=en
Stanford History Education Group - http://sheg.stanford.edu/
Persuasion is All Around You – Read Write Think http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson56/homework1.pdf
Valid Evidence Example – Pennsylvania Dept. of Ed. http://www.pdesas.org/module/content/resources/19199/view.ashx
Steck-Vaughn 2014 GED Books - http://www.gedmarketplace.com/Student_Edition_Language_p/9780-544-27426-6.htm