Monday October 13:

Objective: Begin to identify strategies to analyze and test the accuracy of claims in written work
Entry:
- What was the best part of the cultural watershed/ personal narrative project?
- What was the most challenging part for you?
- If you had to do it again is there anything you would want to be different about the project?
- What did you learn from working on this project that can help you with future assignments this year?
Activity:
Claim testing: Introduction. Work to complete the activity in your groups, each person be ready to discuss their thinking with the whole class.
Hang up Watersheds
Closing: Debrief our activity.

Tuesday October 14:

Objective: Begin to identify strategies to analyze and test the accuracy of claims in written work.
Entry:
- What is a claim?
- How can you tell whether a claim that someone makes is true of false?
- Which claim tester that we introduced yesterday do you think is most important?
Activity: Claim testing: Practice. Work to complete the activity in your groups, each person be ready to discuss their thinking with the whole class.
Closing: Debrief our activity.

Wednesday October 15

Objective: To develop strategies for weighing the merits of contradictory claims made by multiple experts or "authorities" on the same topic.
Entry:
- Make a claim for the following prompt: What is the best vegetable? Could include roots, starches, greens, etc.
  - Support with evidence and reasoning.
Activity: Claim testing: Authority. You will work in table groups to complete your packets collaboratively. Each person must submit their own individual packet of work.
- Which expert do you think made the strongest claim based on our work today?

Thursday October 16

Objective: To practice close reading text so we can identify the author's claims, evidence, and reasoning, along with any other key pieces of information. This will allow us to use our source material to the greatest extent possible when conducting project research.
Entry:
- Whose theory did you find most believable yesterday?
- Why?
- Do you think human society "advances" over time?
- How can you tell?
Activity: Finish Claim Testing: Authority (Due Monday)