CLAIM, EVIDENCE, REASONING
(THE FOLLOWING IS FROM: https://amandawritenow.com/teach-argumentative-writing-through-video/)
There are tons of excellent Ted Talks out there that follow the structure of an argumentative essay but in the form of a talk. All Ted Talk speakers are trying to prove one single point, they all have reasoning, anecdotes, evidence in the form of statistics or references to scientific studies or articles.
Here’s an example of how to do this…
There are tons of excellent Ted Talks out there that follow the structure of an argumentative essay but in the form of a talk. All Ted Talk speakers are trying to prove one single point, they all have reasoning, anecdotes, evidence in the form of statistics or references to scientific studies or articles.
Here’s an example of how to do this…
- Show a video such as the one below.
- Have students write claim, reasons, evidence. It is super fun to let students write on desks with expo markers to do this. You can see some of my students’ responses to the video below too:)
- Show the video twice if students missed some info.
- Allow students to discuss their findings from the video!
- Refer back to the strategies used in the Ted Talk you showed while students are writing argumentatively