Identifying Claims Group Task

Group Task:

1. Read the Article assigned to your group independently.

2. Roles:
ORANGE (1) Secretary "I will write!"
PURPLE (2) Speaker "I will share out!"
YELLOW (3) Discussion Supervisor "I'll keep my friends on task!"
PINK (4) Optimist "I'll cheer on my team!"

2. Identify the following:
Title
Author
Author's Purpose
Intended Audience
Claim
Counterclaims
Key Words

3. As each group presents, you are to make notes in your Unit I Section of your notebook.

Are the claims discussed compelling? HOW? Why?

Debattable? What are the two sides of the debate?

Defensible? Why?