Grade Level: 10th grade

Learning Objectives

• Students will be able to form clear and persuasive claims.

• Students will be able to effectively communicate and support those claims.

• Students will know how to find these claims in different genres of media.

Introduction

• Give students a short lesson explaining claims and how to communicate them in multiple genres. 

• Give the students time to think of their own claim from any source they choose.

Learning Activity

• Students will share their claims in small groups in order to help them realize presenting a claim does not have to feel intimidating.

•  As a group, the students will choose one person with a strong presentation to give to the class. 

• Those students will then present their ideas to the class, giving them more practice and giving the listening students more ideas of different genres claims can come from.

Learning Game

• Students will gather into small groups with different people than before.

• The group decides upon certain topics, and students will take turns presenting a claim about one of the topics to the group. 

• Students will choose their favorite presenter of the group and that student will present their claims to the entire class.

  Materials for game

  • Computers or books to search for specific topics.

  Assessment

  • Evaluate whether or not students’ confidence increases as they continue to present.

  • Observe whether or not student’s gain a better understanding of how to present different genres during the lesson and game 

  Grading Rubric

  
  

  Criteria

  3 Exceeds Expectations

  2 Meets Expectations

  1 Fails Expectations

  3Active Participation

  Student participated in both groups they were in.

  2Student participated in 1 of the groups they were in. 

  1Student participated in neither of the groups they were in. 

  3Confidence Increase

  Student presented to the class multiple times and became more confident each time.

  2Student presented at least in their small groups and became more confident each time.

  1Student did not present with group or did not present any confidence changes when doing so.

  Presentation Understanding

  3Student presented information more clearly based on its genre as the lesson continued.

  2Student presented information more clearly than they did the last time, dependent upon any factor.

  1Student did not present more than once, or did not show any improvement in understanding of presentation when doing so.