3+Evidence+Based+Argumentation


 * Evidence Based Argumentation**

1. Students make oral and written arguments frequently. (Students should frequently defend and attack controversial claims. This will increase student voice in the classroom and engage students by having them interact with the material.)

2. Students should use the text as evidence. (In order for students to make effective arguments, they must have evidence. As students use the text to support their arguments, they must read the text closely and interpret what they read. This interpretation skill is critical to the writing of the debate case (i.e., evidence, or concreted detail, is followed by interpretation, or commentary). Sequence: read, make connections to the argument, identify key quotations, and analyze quotations to determine how and why they support the argument. Student moves from passive receptacle to active manipulator

3. Students should engage their peers. (Once students have the opportunity to share their arguments with other students, their enthusiam to persuade their peers leads to increased engagement with the material and the learning process itself.