Did I Cheat? Media Text Critical Thinking Challenge: PAID version with ANSWERS

Real-world media text Critical Thinking challenge using Reading Comprehension Strategies:

• inferring,

• citing evidence,

• and evaluating.

Students analyze a YouTube video and try to figure out if I'm lying.

• Slideshow lesson explains the Did I Cheat? Psst, I'm Lying! challenge.

• 10-page handout package helps scaffold student learning.

• Detailed answer script includes 19 color-coded examples to explain inferences and how to cite evidence.

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Please read carefully to make sure this product is a good fit for your needs and teaching style. If you have any questions, please email me at Mike@educircles.org

• The slideshow lesson is no prep. Just load the Microsoft Powerpoint or Google Slideshow and teach. The slides will walk you through the video evidence and some basic critical thinking strategies.

• The 10-page handout package is no prep. Just print and give to students. The handouts go along with the slideshow lesson.

• Understanding the answer script will take a lot of prep. The detailed answer script is 19 PAGES long. It includes timestamps to videos as well as links to the specific section in the youtube video.

There are 19 examples of inferences and evidence that collectively prove the main lie in this activity. The script for each clue is explained using the "It says, I say, And so" format:

• "It says" (evidence from the text) - blue highlight

• "I say" (my knowledge) - yellow highlight

• "And so" (my inference) - green highlight.

Please look at the PRODUCT PREVIEW PDF to see a redacted version of the answer script.

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Please note: YOU MAY NOT NEED TO BUY THIS PRODUCT!

• You can get the slideshow for free: Did I Cheat - Slideshow

• You can get the handouts for free: Did I Cheat - Handouts

• If you want the detailed 19-page answer script, you will have to buy it: Did I Cheat - Answers

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• This free YouTube video explains how to infer when reading. I explain how to use the “It Says, I Say, And So” technique to make inferences around the 11:20 mark.

• This Repairing Comprehension reading strategy video explains how to use the PEEP or PEER strategy to prove a point (around the 7:00 mark.) Point, Explanation, Evidence, Point (or Restate your point.)

• Some of the critical thinking slides in this Did I Cheat challenge are taken from the larger Critical Thinking unit.

Help students use critical thinking to figure out the lie in my Did I Cheat “Psst I’m lying” challenge. 

44 questions in the handouts provide structured support.

Guide students through the critical thinking process:

• Minds-on: First impressions

• 3 Critical Thinking Strategies

• Thinking about lying

• Thinking a little more deeply about lying

• Creating a list of criteria.

• Analyze the video. (Watch the video again.)

• Be full minded

• Be open-minded

Did I cheat? Maybe...

Am I lying? Absolutely!

Can your students figure out the lie? Let’s find out! 

THIS WELCOME VIDEO EXPLAINS THE TASK TO STUDENTS

It goes over:

• 2:03 Why are we doing this?

• 3:00 Why does the video in the challenge look like it's talking to teachers?

• 4:34 What do we do? (Look for clues and inconsistencies) - ANALYSIS

• 5:15 Quick overview of the mini lesson on 3 critical thinking strategies

• 5:39 Using a student-created checklist to see if I'm lying - EVALUATING

• 7:24 What the class conversation might sound like

⭐ This worksheet package can be used in 2 ways:

OPTION 1. Use this worksheet package by itself.

• Students explore the videos and the slideshow lesson independently.

• The handouts include links to all of the YouTube videos students need to analyze.

• The first page of the handout includes a view-only link to the required slideshow.

OPTION 2. Teach the slideshow lesson in the FREE Did I Cheat slideshow lesson. Then use the worksheet package to see what individual students think.

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• EDIT the slideshow lesson. Get a copy of the Google Slides / MS Powerpoint files here: https://educircles.org/tpt/did-i-cheat-slideshow

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