Murray Gaming Communities Day 1

Benchmarks

• Spotlight

ELA.8.R.2.4: Track the development of an argument, analyzing the types of

reasoning used and their effectiveness, identifying ways in which the
argument could be improved.

• Accompanying

ELA.8.V.1.3: Apply knowledge of context clues, figurative language, word

relationships, reference materials, and/or background knowledge to
determine the connotative and denotative meaning of words and phrases,
appropriate to grade level.

Types of Reasoning

Inductive

Deductive

Abductive

•Begins with a specific
observation and applies to
a broad conclusion

•Begins with a premise

•Uses a given fact or set of facts
to define other facts

•Does not provide new
information

•Follows a pattern, “if this is true,
then this is also true”

•Begins with the general and
moves to the specific

•Begins with a pattern or a trend

•Uses a pattern to extrapolate
information consistent with the
given pattern

•Begins with the specific and
moves to generalize

Premise: Whales are mammals.

Fact: A beluga is a type of whale.

Conclusion: A beluga is a
mammal.

Observation: The bakery across
the street always has a line out
the door.

Conclusion: The bakery sells
delicious treats.

Pattern: My grandparents all have
grey hair.

Conclusion: All elderly people
have grey hair.

Gaming Helps Develop Communication Skills​

Objectives

• I will track and analyze the

development of an argument and
identify ways in which the
argument could be improved.

• I will analyze the types of reasoning

used in an argument and their
effectiveness.

Read Position 1:

• Read Position 1
• While reading

• Use context clues to determine the meaning

of unknown words

• Gather evidence that develops the

argument the author is making to
counterclaim the argument.

Read Position 1: (We Do)

• Read Position 1
• While reading

• Gather evidence that develops the counterargument the author is making

about gaming promoting positive communication.

Point: Gaming Helps Develop Communication Skills (Joshua Vink)

How does this evidence support and/or develop the argument?

Chat features allow gamers to meet people from
all over the world… The reading and writing that
comes from chatting with these people can foster
positive communication. (paragraph 2)

Vink draws the readers’ attention to the wide
range of access to new people gaming communities
provide.

Access to a wide range of people would require
positive communication to be successful.

Evidence