1. Critical Thinking
Backwards Word Play. You’ll have three minutes to decode four words. You need to get at least three correct to earn a point. No cheating or talking.

2. Word Play
Based on the clue in parentheses, find a four-letter word that can be inserted backwards into the blank to complete a longer word. Example: di____ve (a defeat) Answer: dissolve ("A defeat" gives you LOSS, which is placed backwards in the blank: di_SSOL_ve.) dis____s (horse movement) 2. mi____ce (high mountains) 3. l____ion (a Mexican food) 4. s____ing (food skin)

3. The Solutions
1. dis____s (horse movement) 2. mi____ce (high mountains) 3. l____ion (a Mexican food) 4. s____ing (food skin)
1. distorts (TROT - dis_TORT_s) 2. misplace (ALPS - mi_SPLA_ce) 3. location (TACO - l_OCAT_ion) 4. sleeping (PEEL - s_LEEP_ing)

4. Goals for the Day
I can explain how various brainstorming methods can be used to help me generate evidence to support a position.

5. Vocabulary – Week 26
Login to Socrative and take the week 26vocabulary quiz.
Use the code Bauer2016.

6. Review Each Step of Argument So Far
Read the prompt – identify what you are being asked to do.
Read the prompt - Consider the complexity of the issue/prompt
Generate a rough position statement to address the prompt – probably not ready for a thesis.
Brainstorm various types of evidence you could use to support

7. Step 1: Deconstructing the Prompt

10. Today’s Groups – 4th Block
Group 1 – Ackerman, Curtis, Maxwell
Group 2 – Burns, Linderman, Ott
Group 3 – Eberhard, Graninger, Simmons
Group 4 – Eckels, Huestis, Mayes
Group 5 – Elkins, Hart, Stienkuhl
Group 6 – Gill, Huff, D. Powers
Group 7 – Herrell, Johnson, K. Powers
Group 8 – D. Gray, Kellams, Smith
Group 9 - P. Gray, Kinsey, Rorie, Watkins

11. Today’s Groups – 6th Block
Group 1 – Abu-taqa, Johnson, Bushrod
Group 2 – Bost, Hubbard, Westerfield
Group 3 – Boyle, Lane, Sutton, Norris
Group 4 – Carner, Lawrence, Sigler
Group 5 – Guzman, Pease, Rudd
Group 6 – Hernandez, Miller, Stinson

12. Today’s Roles
Group Leader – keep the group on task. Be sure conversation doesn’t get off track. If it does, kindly remind the group that you need to stay focused.
Explorer – be sure you think through ALL sides of the issue. When a group member expresses a new idea, follow up with a question: are there any other ways we can look at that? Would everyone agree with this? What would someone else disagree with? Push the thinking so the group examines deeply.
Harmonizer – Ensure that all group members participate equally. Make marks at the top of your paper if needed to ensure everyone shares equally. If one person is talking more than others, pull others into the conversation by asking questions directly to the member speaking less. What do you think, John? John, can you give us an example?
ALL MEMBERS – WRITE DOWN ALL IDEAS! You will be responsible for sharing the conversations that your group has with other groups, so be sure to capture ideas, especially strong ideas or ideas that drive/change your thinking.

13. Using Background Information

14. Goals for the Day
I can explain how various brainstorming methods can be used to help me generate evidence to support a position.

15. Method 1: Pulling from the Prompt

16. Small Group Discussion – Method 1
Identify something that stands out in the prompt (one thing at a time)
Use the graphic organizer to consider the importance/problems the statement presents.
Based on the importance of the statement or the problems the statement presents, discuss how creativity classes could be implemented in practical ways.
Consider which side seems more convincing – craft a rough position statement.
REPEAT with something else that stands out in the prompt.

17. Individually
Take a moment THINK about what your group has just discussed.
Consider some of the more enlightening or unique ideas your group presented.
Jot these ideas down so you remember them.

18. Gathering Ideas
One Stay – Everyone Else Go (can’t be with anyone that was in your original group)
SHARE some of the important or unique ideas your group discussed – go “around the horn.”
Jot down new ideas that you hear.

19. Method 2: Pull from YOUR World
Use the SHORE Method - brainstorm evidence that pulls from:
Studies
History
Observations (of the world around you)
Readings (literature)
Experiences (personal)

20. Small Group Discussion – Method 2
Identify things from your world that relate to this topic.
Use the graphic organizer to brainstorm as many examples as possible in each of the SHORE sections.
Briefly discuss how you might use each example to support a position.
When you finish discussing each of the SHORE sections, discuss briefly which examples might BEST support a position.

21. Individually
Take a moment THINK about what your group has just discussed.
Consider some of the more enlightening or unique ideas your group presented.
Jot these ideas down so you remember them.

22. Gathering Ideas
One Stay – Everyone Else Go (can’t be with anyone that was in your original group)
SHARE some of the important or unique ideas your group discussed – go “around the horn.”
Jot down new ideas that you hear.

23. Method 3 – Identify Critical Context
Use the PEEPS Method – consider the context of how this issue really works in the real world. Examine ideas – are they:
Pragmatic/Practical – what would it actually look like?
Ethical – will it help/harm?
Economic – is it financially viable?
Psychological – will there be psychological stress/impacts?
Sociological – how will it (or will it) benefit society?

24. Small Group Discussion – Method 3
Consider how context would affect this issue.
Use the graphic organizer to consider how each of the PEEPS contexts might affect how you view this issue.
After each critical context, discuss if/how this context might adjust your thinking, even if it’s minor.
When you finish discussing each of the PEEPS context, discuss briefly how these discussions affect your overall view of the issue.
Try to craft a rough position statement on the issue.

25. Individually
Take a moment THINK about what your group has just discussed.
Consider some of the more enlightening or unique ideas your group presented.
Jot these ideas down so you remember them.

26. Gathering Ideas
One Stay – Everyone Else Go (can’t be with anyone that was in your original group)
SHARE some of the important or unique ideas your group discussed – go “around the horn.”
Jot down new ideas that you hear.

27. Learning Check
Consider the three brainstorming methods presented today:
Pull from the Prompt
Pull from Your World
Identify Critical Context
Explain how and when each of these methods be useful? Identify various prompts that might lend themselves more to one method than an other?

28. SPRING BREAK!! YOU’VE ALMOST MADE IT!! NO HOMEWORK!!
GO SUPPORT ALL THE WARRIORS IN THE NCAA TOURNEY!!