Boston Debate League
TitleFact vs. Opinion in I Acknowledge Mine by Jane Goodall and Use of Animals in Medical Research by The American Medical Association SkillUsing Text as Evidence to Support an ArgumentEBA ActivityEvidence Based Scavenger HuntClaims and/or WarrantsYou may use the following claims:Claim 1: At the time Goodall visited Sema laboratory in Maryland, young chimpanzees were kept in mostly dark, small cages.Claim 2: Rather than supply a warrant to support the claim-student will supply a fact-based claim to support warrant 2 below.Claim 3: The chimpanzees at Sema, when Goodall visits, are depressed and have given up on life. Claim 4: Rather than supply a warrant to support the claim-student will supply an opinion-based claim to support warrant 4 below.ProcedureModified Claim Warrant Activity:Follow the Evidence Based Scavenger Hunt Activity , but extend the activity by continuing to pass the paper. Until all 4 claims or warrant are used.Timing/PacingPrior to doing this activity students should have read both texts. They should know have reviewed the differences between facts and opinions.Warm Up Game:Student writes a claim about themselves. They pass the claim, and the next student decides if it is opinion, or fact. Then they pass it back to the student that wrote it. The student needs to confirm if it is a fact or an opinion by supplying evidence in the form of a warrant. Then they pass it back as confirmation. Once students have warmed up, proceed with quotes from either text. Student 1 writes a quoted claim and then passes. The next student writes if the claim is opinion or fact and passes back. The first student then confirms if it is fact or opinion by supplying a warrant, then passes it back for confirmation. (With all students in a circle each student gets to play the role of both Student 1 and Student 2.) After the exchange, a student reads out the passing history and if there is a disagreement, the class weighs in.NotesMany aspects of this activity involve close reading of text. While meting out opinion vs. fact the appeals by association can be introduced, as well as emotional appeals, appeals to values, and use of loaded language, as well as the terms ethos, logos, and pathos.This activity practices deriving a warrant from a claim and helps make these terms automatic.Follow-up ActivitiesTo include a written activity, follow up with a mini paragraph writing activity.TextI Acknowledge Mine by Jane Goodall and Use of Animals in Medical Research by The American Medical Association available online. Name:_____________________________________ Class: ________________ Date:______________Evidence Scavenger Hunt:Students will race in pairs to both find textual evidence and to explain how the text SUPPORTS OR DISPROVES the claim. Every team that correctly answers that statement will receive 1 point and the first group to answer in each round will receive 2 points. The best analysis will receive 3 points.ClaimWarrant“QUOTE”- page/line numberAnalysis – How does the quote support or disprove the claimSUPPORT DISPROVESUPPORT DISPROVESUPPORT DISPROVESUPPORT DISPROVEFacilitator ClaimsClaimPage RangeClaim 1: At the time Goodall visited Sema laboratory in Maryland, young chimpanzees were kept in mostly dark, small cages.Claim 2: Rather than supply a warrant to support the claim-student will supply a fact-based claim to support warrant 2 below.Claim 3: The chimpanzees at Sema, when Goodall visits, are depressed and have given up on life. Claim 4: Rather than supply a warrant to support the claim-student will supply an opinion-based claim to support warrant 4 below. ................
................
In order to avoid copyright disputes, this page is only a partial summary.
To fulfill the demand for quickly locating and searching documents.
It is intelligent file search solution for home and business.