Date: 12/2/13Aim: How do we use accountable talk in order to clarify what someone is saying?

Warm Up: Read the following statement and agree or disagree and explain your position.

“It is better to have loved and lost than to never have loved.”

Weekly learning target: I can use accountable talk to connect, support claims, counter claims and generate questions about the topic being discussed.

Check For Understanding

Think/Pair/Share

Announcements

2 extra participation points for the whole class can be earned each day if the whole class is participating the following times:

Guided Practice ParticipationIndependent Practice On Task Working

Book Reports Due Friday, December 13th.

Argumentative Essays were due Wednesday, November 27th.

Agenda1. Warm Up and Vocabulary: Journal Prompt/ Vocabulary2. Mini-Lesson: Accountable Talk Guidelines and Stems for Questioning the Speaker 3. Guided Practice: Popcorn Anticipation Guide4.Independent Practice: Accountable Talk Debate5.Wrap Up: Rating our Debate

Homework:

VocabularyEssential Questions

1. Essential Questions2. Validate3. Clarify4. Refute5. Elaboration

Big questions that we will be looking at throughout our unit

To agree with and support

To make more clear

To disagree with and show evidence against

To add more detail

Unit 2Essential Questions

How does love affect individual identity?

In what ways do our decisions affect who we are? 

How do our differences define us?

How do we balance being true to ourselves as well as our responsibility to others’ expectations?

How do make strong arguments in both writing and speaking?

Accountable Talk When we think about

the way that we have discussions and debates.

Being responsible for our words.

Guidelines for Accountable Talk Students' body language/eye contact shows attention.   Students provide evidence for claims and positions.

Students elaborate and build upon ideas and each others' contributions.

Unsupported claims are questioned and investigated by discussion participants.

  Requests are made for elaboration, rephrasing and examples.   Students call for the definition and clarification of terms under

discussion. .

Question for Clarity

Review

Accountable Talk Stems for Questioning for Clarity

Popcorn

Requests for Information Requests for Clarification

What evidence do you have to support your position? Where did you find your evidence? How does your evidence support your position?  How did you reach that conclusion? What is your definition for_______?

Please elaborate on what you previously said.  Could you please provide another example for evidence?  I would like to elaborate on what ____said. Could you rephrase what you said? 

Guided PracticeAgree/Disagree Why?

1) We cannot balance being true to ourselves as well as responsibility to others’ expectations.

2) Young people cannot experience true love.

3) Love at first sight is not possible.

4) It is sometimes ok to keep secrets from your parents.

5) Your parents should approve of who your boyfriend or girlfriend is.

6) You should know someone for a long time before marrying.

7) Love changes who you are.

8) It is better to have loved and lost than to never have loved.

Independent PracticeDebate Procedure

✓Moderator reads the statement✓Students hold up their placards indicating their claim. ✓Moderator calls on students to make claims and support with evidence. ✓Students will hold up placards to agree, disagree or ask for more information with student making a claim.

Disagree

Agree

Clarity

Wrap UpExit Ticket

Please rate the class debate on a whole

Students' body language/eye contact shows attention.  1 2 3 4Students provide evidence for claims and positions. 1 2 3 4

Students elaborate and build upon ideas and each others' contributions. 1 2 3 4

Unsupported claims are questioned and investigated by discussion participants.  1 2 3 4Requests are made for elaboration, rephrasing and examples.  1 2 3 4Students call for the definition and clarification of terms under discussion. . 1 2 3 4

1Below Standard

2Approaching Standard

3MeetsStandard

4 Exceeds Standard

Homework∗Please choose one of the questions from today and write two paragraphs elaborating on your position.