DAY 6

Title of Lesson: Fallacies

Total Lesson Time: 90 minutes

Grade(s): 10th

Subject Area: English II

Curriculum Standard(s)
S10.3: Evaluate a speakers point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric, identifying any fallacious reasoning or
exaggerated or distorted evidence.
Learning Objectives (Benchmark) and Assessment:
Learning Objective(s)
Student will be able to:
1. Define the term fallacious reasoning
2. Identify fallacies and evaluating their effectiveness within
the context of the statement.

Assessment(s)
1. Completed worksheet
2.

Materials Needed:
Film: To Kill A Mockingbird
Copies of fallacy worksheet

Summary notes from chapters 5-7 of To Kill A Mockingbird

Power Point

Lesson Procedures:

Time

1. Anticipatory: Have you ever completed a logic problem? If

you havent, find a partner and take about 10 minutes to do
so. Logic problems are a lot like evaluating arguments. You
have to take what you are given and make a conclusion based
on the evidence.
2. Introduction: Today we will be looking at fallacies. Next
week we will have a Kahoot, over the types of fallacies, and
terms we have discussed so far in this unit. You will want to
take notes, because these are important. We will be

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Differentiation (Adaptations for Diverse Learners, ELL,

Gifted)
-A list of the different types of fallacies
-Copies of all examples
-Several levels of discussion questions.
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completing a vocabulary test on these sooner or later.

-Does anyone remember what a fallacy is? Ok, what about
fallacious reasoning?
-Remember fallacious reasoning is an error in reasoning or logic
of an argument.
-There are several types of fallacies and to be able to identify
fallacies in a claim we must know the types.
-I will identify the types of fallacies and provide examples
afterwards.
(Hasty generalizations, False Premise, Circumstantial, evidence,
Mistaken causality/correlation, False Analogy, Ignoring the
Questions, Begging the Question.) use notes.
3. Modeling: Now lets look at the power point for examples.
-We will begin with Hasty Generalizations. (Show examples of
fallacies on the power point.)
4. Guided Practice: Now your turn to practice. I have given you
a list of fallacies, and showed you several examples. Later
this week we will develop questions to use in our review
process. I havent decided if it will be a Kahoot or Grudge
Ball. Would you like to decide? Okay, now that that is settled,
this is independent work. These must be completed in class
so that you will be prepared for creating the questions we will
use next week for our review. It also helps so we can discuss
and I can answer any of your questions.
- Lets review each one and discuss. Please let me know if you
have questions, so that we can get them answered.
5. Group Closing: We will take some time to look at the film
and discuss.
6. Informal/formal assessment: Exit slip: name and define one
fallacy that you learned really well today.

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