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English · Grade 10

Seminar Discussion and Presenting Evidence

Learners prepare for and analyze a seminar on Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. They write closed, interpretive and universal questions; study a seminar transcript to see how evidence-based contributions build on one another; synthesize where a group agrees and disagrees and qualify their own views; and plan a short evidence-based talk while learning to catch misquoted or out-of-context evidence in others' talks. Speaking practice is optional and unscored.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 130 minutes
  • Seminar and evidence check: 10 questions
  • Ways to answer: choose an answer, choose a reply, highlight a text, match pairs, type a number and put in order
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What learners will discover

  • Write closed, open interpretive and universal seminar questions about a text, and choose questions that sustain discussion.
  • Make evidence-based contributions that cite the text, explain reasoning and build on other participants' ideas.
  • Synthesize a discussion by summarizing points of agreement and disagreement, and qualify a view in light of new evidence.
  • Plan a short talk that presents textual evidence accurately in context, and evaluate a speaker's use of evidence.

Lessons

  1. Questions that sustain a seminar 6 steps3 practiceabout 33 min
  2. Contribute with evidence 6 steps3 practiceabout 32 min
  3. Synthesize and qualify 6 steps4 practiceabout 30 min
  4. Present evidence, and judge others' evidence 7 steps3 practiceabout 35 min
  5. Seminar and evidence check 10 questions at the end

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