Think Like a Lawyer: Argumentative Writing, Grades 5-6
The evidence is clear: You need this class! Case closed!
8 class sessions, 1.5 hours per class (12 hours of instruction)
January 14th - March 4th
Tuesday, 3:30 - 5:00
Course Description:
Adopt the skills, habits, and mindset of a lawyer while developing 21st Century Learning Skills of Critical Thinking and Communication.
Develop your legal analysis skills as you gather valid and relevant evidence, make inferences, create claims, consider multiple perspectives, examine consequences, and draw conclusions.
Learn to write like a lawyer, constructing arguments based on REAL-LIFE cases. Develop your vocabulary with legal terms and learn about courtroom procedure with a mock trial.
Some of the cases you will analyze include:
Instructor Biography:
Mrs. Lisa Tarkoff is a teacher and administrator from Blue Ribbon School, Red Hill Lutheran in Tustin. A fellow of the UCI Writing Project since 2007, she has delivered numerous, research-based professional development presentations to educators in both public and private schools throughout Southern California. She was a semifinalist for Orange County Teacher of the Year through the Orange County Department of Education and was recognized as one of the Top 25 Teachers and Leaders of Orange County by Parenting Magazine. Mrs. Tarkoff is also certified in Gifted and Talented Education and is a National Board Certified Teacher. Her main goal as an educator is to foster a love of learning in her students by engaging them in motivating, real-world learning activities that stimulate them to higher levels of critical thinking, creativity, communication, and collaboration.
Adopt the skills, habits, and mindset of a lawyer while developing 21st Century Learning Skills of Critical Thinking and Communication.
Develop your legal analysis skills as you gather valid and relevant evidence, make inferences, create claims, consider multiple perspectives, examine consequences, and draw conclusions.
Learn to write like a lawyer, constructing arguments based on REAL-LIFE cases. Develop your vocabulary with legal terms and learn about courtroom procedure with a mock trial.
Some of the cases you will analyze include:
- Monkey Business: Intro to Legal Writing
- The Chair: Compare and Contrast/Multiple Perspectives
- A Challenge for Whom: Root Cause Analysis/Jury Deliberation
- And more!
Instructor Biography:
Mrs. Lisa Tarkoff is a teacher and administrator from Blue Ribbon School, Red Hill Lutheran in Tustin. A fellow of the UCI Writing Project since 2007, she has delivered numerous, research-based professional development presentations to educators in both public and private schools throughout Southern California. She was a semifinalist for Orange County Teacher of the Year through the Orange County Department of Education and was recognized as one of the Top 25 Teachers and Leaders of Orange County by Parenting Magazine. Mrs. Tarkoff is also certified in Gifted and Talented Education and is a National Board Certified Teacher. Her main goal as an educator is to foster a love of learning in her students by engaging them in motivating, real-world learning activities that stimulate them to higher levels of critical thinking, creativity, communication, and collaboration.