7th Grade Think Aloud
To Support the Process of Inquiry
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Chalk Talk
Resolution: The obsession of youth is a detriment to our society.
Think Aloud
Reading for
- Meaning and knowledge (using metacognitive reading strategies)
- Perspectives (determining author's purpose and message)
Articles
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"In youth we learn; in age we understand."
-Ebner-Eschenbach
"I wanted you to recognize me Marty!"
The Process of Developing a Public Forum Debate Case
- Brainstorming affirmative and negative reasons to support and negate the resolution
- Researching through inquiry both sides of the issue
- Narrowing the reasons for and against the resolution
- Selecting values that match the reasons in support of and against the resolution
- Writing three claims and warrants to support from research
- Determining the impacts of each warrant
- Creating and introduction that has an attention grabber and defines necessary words in the case
- Crafting a conclusion that brings the case to a close and leaves the listener thinking
Resolution: Affirmative or Negative
Divide into two groups. Decide which group will write the affirmative and which will write the negative cases.
Claims, Warrants and Impact
Supporting your case requires three claims for the affirmative and two claims for the negative. Each claim is supported by evidence called a warrant. The impact is the result of the claim.
Affirmative
Contention #1
- Claim
- Warrant
- Impact
Contention #2
- Claim
- Warrant
- Impact
Contention #3
- Claim
- Warrant
- Impact
Negative
Contention #1
- Claim
- Warrant
- Impact
Contention #2
- Claim
- Warrant
- Impact
Introduction
- The introduction should begin with an attention grabber such as a quote and continue with an extension statement and the resolution statement ("Resolved...").
- Next the case should include 2-4 essential vocabulary words defined and aligned to the side of the case.
- Finally, the introduction should include a values statement which will serve to judge the case.
Conclusion
- The conclusion should serve as a bookend of the debate case and leave the judge and opponent swayed towards the side being debated.
Presentation Structure
Divide into two groups
Your team is responsible for writing a con case
Explain the case components: claim, warrant, impact
Give them some modified briefs (cards or evidence)
Revealing the author’s craft through the think-aloud
Develop case and then do an example debate (30 minutes)
Two teams completing with three judges
- Students that are judging are graded on the ballots they write because they must defend their decisions