The Why Why Why Game: Practice with Argument
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Grade Levels
9th - 12th
Resource Type
Standards
CCSSRI.11-12.6
CCSSSL.11-12.1
CCSSSL.11-12.1c
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- PDF
Pages
6 pages
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Learning Objective
Students become familiar with famous quotes by Emerson and Thoreau. They use the quotes to practice writing defensible claims and use persuasive appeals to support their arguments.
Description
A quick, engaging, higher order thinking, and fun activity elicits students' critical thinking skills to practice making claims, using data and establishing warrants to support arguments.
It is a role-play, a pair and share, then a critical thinking discussion using quotations from Transcendental philosophers, Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson. The quotes can easily turn into persuasive writing prompts.
Total Pages
6 pages
Answer Key
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Teaching Duration
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Standards
to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).
CCSSRI.11-12.6
Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text in which the rhetoric is particularly effective, analyzing how style and content contribute to the power, persuasiveness, or beauty of the text.
CCSSSL.11-12.1
Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grades 11–12 topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
CCSSSL.11-12.1c
Propel conversations by posing and responding to questions that probe reasoning and evidence; ensure a hearing for a full range of positions on a topic or issue; clarify, verify, or challenge ideas and conclusions; and promote divergent and creative perspectives.