Defend My Claim

If your students are having trouble answering an important question, but you need them to take ownership of their thoughts, ask them to defend a claim that may or may not be true about the subject.

1) Present your students with a "claim" in which students have basic background knowledge.

2) Ask students to "defend my claim" with at least three strong statements.

3) Students can then present their claims to the class/ group.

After reviewing the strategy, try it out in your classroom and post a picture to the corresponding link on the board. Remember, the more strategies you try, the more chances you have at a PRIZE!!!!!!

More specific procedures for this are in the big PEAK book, page 539.