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Lesson 4

We will share additional information within research teams, then individually begin to develop a perspective and position to drive the development of our final argument.

Lesson Goals

  • Can I independently identify, read, and collect information from sources in my research team’s subtopic?

  • Can I explain why mentor sentences are powerful and how I might emulate them in my own writing?

  • Can I understand the concepts of perspective and position as related to an argument I will develop?

  • Can I draft a clear and effective statement of position and some supporting claims for the argument I am likely to write?

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Activity 1: Discuss

We will meet in research teams to assess our collective understanding of our subtopics and our individual directions for developing a final argument.

Check in with your research team regarding your thinking, reading, and research.

Summarize what your team knows about the subtopic and the range of individual responses. Share your summaries and status updates with other research teams in the class.

Activity 2: Discuss – Write

We will work as a class and then individually to further determine and articulate our perspective on our subtopic issues and craft position statements.

Participate in a teacher-led discussion of the argumentation concepts of perspective and position.

From arguments you have read as a class, in teams, or individually, share examples of perspectives and positions that have been expressed on various artificial intelligence subtopic issues.

Using models provided by your teacher, consider ways to articulate a clear and concise statement of position.

Draft a position statement that communicates your proposed subtopic issue, question, and perspective.

Activity 3: Read

We will review the research we have done in the unit to identify source texts and information that can help us develop our positions.

Reconsider your research in light of the position statement you just drafted.

  1. Which texts and sources might contain information that you can use to develop and explain your position?

  2. Which arguments align with your position and might be used as models to build from?

  3. Which arguments oppose your position and might need to be countered?

Analyze your draft position statement, considering what you will need to do to build an argument that substantiates your position.

Brainstorm a list of areas in which you might need to develop claims or counterclaims.

Activity 4: Write

We will use the Section 3 Diagnostic Delineating Arguments Tool to begin to lay out a plan for our final argument.

Review the Section 3 Diagnostic Checklist.

Use the Section 3 DiagnosticDelineating Arguments Tool to capture and communicate the thinking you have done so far in planning an argument.

Clearly and specifically communicate the issue, question, purpose, perspective, and position you plan to address.

Identify two to three claims and at least one counterclaim that you think you might want to present in developing your position.

In preparation for presenting your plan to a peer review team, complete the tool for homework.