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[Audio] This is Week 3, Lesson 4: Evaluating claims and evidence. Open the PowerPoint in Slide Show mode and turn on your sound. Play the recording on every slide. Pause whenever you are asked to write or read. This lesson is fully self-contained. You do not need to open the full TED Talk. Begin by setting up your notebook with the date, topic and learning objective. Complete every task in order, including the compulsory Grade 11 depth task. Do not open the answer-check slides before attempting the work. Use a different-colored pen for corrections and submit the requested notebook evidence on Teams..

[Audio] Set up a new notebook page. Write today's date at the top. On the same line, write the topic: Evaluating claims and evidence. On the next line, copy the learning objective exactly as shown: Evaluate whether evidence is relevant and sufficient to support a speaker's claim. Underline the date, topic and learning objective. Then copy the five task headings shown on the right. Leave a line between headings and enough space for the main task. Pause the recording now. Continue only when your notebook page is ready..

[Audio] Read the key concept at the top of the slide. Now copy the four terms and their meanings. Claim means A statement the speaker asks the audience to accept. Relevant means Directly connected to the claim. Sufficient means Enough in amount and range to justify the conclusion. Reasoning means The explanation connecting evidence to the claim. Pause the recording if you need more time. Before continuing, make sure you can explain the difference between the four terms in your own words..

[Audio] Begin the Do Now. Read the scenario carefully. Claim: School reading should include voices from varied places and experiences. Evidence A: Students enjoy colorful book covers. Evidence B: Varied texts expose students to perspectives absent from their own experience. Evidence C: One student preferred a new author. Now answer the three prompts on the right in complete sentences. Rank A–C from strongest to weakest. Which evidence is relevant? What additional evidence would make the claim better supported? There may be more than one reasonable response, but each answer must distinguish evidence from assumption. Pause the recording and complete the Do Now..

[Audio] This passage is a culturally safe adapted summary of ideas and experiences from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's talk, The Danger of a Single Story. Read the passage once for overall meaning. Then read it again. On the second reading, underline a realization and box the detail that caused it. Adichie's childhood reading and early writing support the claim that available stories shape imagination. Her roommate's expectations and her own assumptions before visiting Mexico support the claim that repeated representations influence how people judge unfamiliar communities. The basket made by a member of the household worker's family supports the claim that a single description can erase ability, creativity and complexity. Across the talk, Adichie reasons that hearing multiple stories does not erase difficult realities; it prevents one reality from becoming the only definition of a person or place. Pause the recording now and complete both readings before moving to the main task..

[Audio] Now complete the main notebook task. For each claim, record the best anecdotal evidence, explain relevance and judge sufficiency: strong, partial or weak. Work through each prompt shown on the slide. Claim 1: Available stories shape imagination. Claim 2: Repeated representations influence judgments about unfamiliar people. Claim 3: Multiple stories restore complexity without denying real difficulties. Your response must include accurate evidence and an explanation of how or why the evidence supports the idea. Pause the recording. Spend about twelve to fifteen minutes on this task..

[Audio] Complete the compulsory Grade 11 depth task. Read the question carefully. Which claim is best supported? Identify one limitation in the evidence for a weaker claim. Write the heading Grade 11 depth task. Then write four to six sentences. Use specific evidence and make a clear judgment. You may adapt the sentence frame, but do not copy a model because you have not seen it yet. Pause the recording and complete the task independently..

[Audio] Do not use this slide until you have attempted the main task. Take a different-colored pen and compare your work with the possible answers. Claim 1 is supported by the childhood-reading anecdote and the change after discovering African writers. Claim 2 has a range of support: the roommate and Mexico experiences show the pattern from two directions. Claim 3 is supported conceptually, but broader evidence beyond personal anecdotes could strengthen it. Your wording does not need to be identical. Tick accurate ideas and correct any misunderstanding. Then add or improve at least one explanation. Pause the recording while you correct your work..

[Audio] Now check the depth task using a different-colored pen. Read the model response. Claim 2 is best supported because the roommate and Mexico anecdotes show the same pattern affecting different people and contexts. Claim 3 is less secure because it depends mainly on personal examples. It would be strengthened by research showing how exposure to multiple perspectives changes audience understanding. Do not copy it word for word. Your answer may be different and still be correct if the reasoning and evidence are strong. Check for these four features: Selects the best-supported claim; Evaluates relevance and sufficiency; Identifies a limitation; Suggests useful additional evidence. Tick each feature that is present. Then improve at least one sentence in your own response..

[Audio] Complete the exit ticket independently. Define relevant and sufficient in your own words, then identify which quality matters most in today's strongest evidence. Read your answer once and check that it uses today's vocabulary accurately. Then confirm that your notebook contains the setup, main task, Grade 11 depth task, corrections and exit ticket. Upload one clear photograph to the Teams assignment. This completes Week 3, Lesson 4..