Strategies for Teaching Argumentation: Reasoning Tree
- 2. JILL PAVICH, CREATOR OF THE GLOBAL PEN MRS. PAVICH’S GLOBAL WRITING BLOCK STUDENTS 2015-2016 TEACHER FEATURE: BETH RUBIN’S TREE OF REASONING STRATEGY CREDITS: Updated: July 2016
- 3. LINE OF REASONING CONCLUSIONS Drawn
- 4. GROW YOUR OWN…LINE OF REASONING!
- 5. GROW YOUR OWN…LINE OF REASONING! ROOTS = Context
- 6. STUDENT WORK
- 7. TRACKING THE LINE OF REASONING ROOTS = Context TRUNK= CLAIM(S)
- 8. STUDENT WORK
- 9. GROW YOUR OWN…LINE OF REASONING! ROOTS = Context BRANCHES= Subclaims TRUNK= CLAIM(S)
- 10. STUDENT WORK
- 11. STUDENT WORK
- 12. GROW YOUR OWN…LINE OF REASONING! ROOTS = Context TRUNK= CLAIM(S) BRANCHES= Subclaims LEAVES= Evidence
- 13. STUDENT WORK
- 14. STUDENT WORK
- 15. GROW YOUR OWN…LINE OF REASONING! ROOTS = Context TRUNK= CLAIM(S) BRANCHES= Subclaims LEAVES= Evidence SUNSHINE ON TOP OF TREE= Conclusions/Solutions
- 16. STUDENT WORK
- 17. STUDENT WORK
- 18. BEHOLD, THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE! ER, REASONING!
- 19. REASONING TREE REFLECTION ü Are there any breaks in your line of reasoning? ü Is your argument ‘full’? ü Could you add additional evidence to support/corroborate your sub-claim and to reinforce the overall argument?
- 21. CONSIDERING THE OPPOSITION BUT… A little birdie told me… HOWEVER… Consider the wise owl…
- 23. NIFTY PLACES TO FEATURE YOUR ESSAY QUESTION
- 24. TREE KEY Have students color-code the information in their tree!
- 25. SOURCE CRED Have students include comments about the CREDIBILITY of their sources!
- 26. EVALUATING EVIDENCE Have students include comments to EVALUATE the strength of their own evidence!
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