Developing and Writing Analytical Claims

LEARN

Visit the Resources page to view some video tutorials and read various support materials about your chosen tool/strategy to learn how to integrate technology into your lesson. Don't see what you'd like to learn? Please contact Rob Leo, Coordinator of Instructional Technology Training for support.

CREATE

Create a real-world example of whichever tool/strategy you have chosen, transform a lesson plan that integrates your selection, and deploy your lesson with your students.

Tools

1. Google Drive
2. Google Docs
3. Google Slides
4. Google Drawings
5. Google Classroom
6. LucidChart
7. Screencastify
8. PowToon
9. WeVideo
10. Piktochart

Strategies

1. Create a template in Google Docs that includes a graphic organizer (i.e. table) for organizing/brainstorming information, allowing each student to have space to write. In Google Drive, “make a copy” of the original template and rename it for the relevant assignment. In Google Classroom, create an Assignment and allow students to edit the document to brainstorm ideas in the graphic organizer.
2. Create a Google Doc with a rhetorical essay prompt. Create an Assignment in Google Classroom and attach the Google Doc, making a copy for each student. Set a due date for students to turn in their work. Provide feedback to students using Google Docs' Comment tool or record your feedback using Screencastify and return their work. Pro Tip: Share comments with students BEFORE they turn in their work.
3. Task students with using Lucidchart to create Venn Diagrams or other graphic organizers outline their thoughts in advance of a writing task.
4. Have students use Piktochart, Google Drawings, or Google Slides to create a digital poster/display/infographic that demonstrates their analysis. Students can share their work to Google Classroom’s stream; peers can comment.
5. Task students with writing a claim and supporting it with evidence. Students could storyboard their rhetorical arguments and create a multimedia project that uses tools like PowToon, WeVideo, or other digital storytelling tools to communicate their claim.