Murder Arguments, Day 3

Objectives:

1. Students will write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
2. Students will introduce claim(s)*, acknowledge and distinguish the claim(s) from alternate or opposing claims, and organize the reasons and evidence logically.
3. Students will support claim(s) with logical reasoning and relevant evidence, using accurate, credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic or text.
4. Students will use words, phrases, and clauses to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among claim(s), counterclaims, reasons, and evidence.
5. Students will establish and maintain a formal style.
6. Students will provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the argument presented.

Essential Skill: 

1. Students will be able to write an argumentative essay. 

I Can Statements:

• I can identify participials and participial phrases in a sentence.
• I can write a thesis statement.
• I can organize evidence to support a claim.
• Include evidence relevant for and against an argument. 

IPI: Level 3/4
Bloom's: Level 3

Task List:

1. Students will take notes on participials and participial phrases and practice identifying them from example sentences on the board. 
2. As a class we will review an example case and decide what charges, if any, to brng against the suspect.
3. In small groups, students will go through the evidence from an example case and determine what type, if any, murder charge should be made against the suspect.
4. Students will write a thesis statement and supporting arguments based on their group discussion of the case.