
Hour 1
Pair work (10)
- What did you learn last week?
- Summarize the main argument of the McDonalds article you read last week.
- You watched a short TV commercial about Subway. What was the argument in that advertisement?
- We learned 6 fallacies. name each. Can you give an example of each?
Critical thinking part 2 (40)
Introduction to six more fallacies.
Complete the new critical thinking worksheet.
Hour 2
Apply your knowledge (20)
- Watch the video.
- What’s the argument?
- What’s the fallacy?
Obama
Don’t Sell Your Hair
School
George Bush makes war
BacoBacon
Hour 3
Read Critically (25)
Here is the second article. This article is by Malcolm Gladwell. The name of the article is Most Likely to Succeed.
Discussion Questions (25)
- What is value-added analysis in the story?
- How does the author compare the effect of class size and teacher quality?
- What is a back of the envelope calculation?
- Why do good teachers have a holding space for students?
- What’s the difference between good and bad feedback?
- Describe the features that made the math teacher a good instructor?
- Do you agree that test scores, graduate degrees and certifications are poor indicators of a teacher’s success?
- What is
withitness ? - What is a percentile?