w6d1 Direct Instruction

w6d1 Direct Instruction

Multiple Select

Who tends to struggle with commentary?

• Students

• Teachers

• Elephants

• Eggplants.

Multiple Choice

Commentary:

• Explains how the claims is a good fit for the evidence you chose.

• Explains how the evidence is a good fit for the claim you used.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a reason you need commentary.

• Evidence needs a "so what" to explain why it matters.

• What is obvious to you may not be obvious to other people.

• Your teacher can't read your brain.

• It fixes any problem with your claims.

Open Ended

Based on what you have heard so far, explain, in your own words, how commentary makes and argument more persuasive.

Multiple Choice

Based on the examples you saw:

• Commentary is usually about as long as the claim.

• Commentary is usually about as long as the evidence.

• Commentary is usually the longest part of the paragraph.

• Commentary is usually the shortest part of the paragraph.

Multiple Select

Commentary must have a direct connection to:

• The claim

• The evidence

• The synecdoche

Open Ended

What did all the examples in this section have in common? List as many things as you can.