The Lunchroom Murder

Simple Arguments of Fact

Objective

• By the end of the lesson & homework, you will be able to identify evidence, write warrants and in writing explain your thinking.

Think Pair Share

• What do you remember about evidence and warrants (rules)?

The Lunchroom Murder

Guiding Questions: Everyone needs to note down the answers. 1. With what hand did the shooter fire the gun? What is the

evidence? What is the warrant?2. Did customers B, C, and D know each other? What are the

evidence and warrants?3. How do the three customers differ in their habits or ways of

doing things? What is the evidence what is the warrant?4. Which set of footprints is Ernie’s? What is the evidence? What

is the warrant?5. To whom do the set of footprints marked X belong? How do

you know?6. Who killed Fannin? How do you know? Outline all the evidence

and all the warrants necessary to support this claim?

Homework

• Pretend you are a detective who is writing up a report based of the evidence of the scene.

• Your report should be multi-paragraph, typed and explain who you believe killed Fannin. You will want to use the information from your groups thinking (the 6 questions) write your report.

• Due Day 3