MakingGeneralizations

Bellwork2/27
Listeverythingyouknowaboutdogs.List
theircharacteristics,behaviors,etc.
 DailyObjective
0701.5.11Identifyavarietyoffalse
premises,includingthoseinvolving
categoricalclaims(e.g.,allmammalsare
humanbeings).
 Set
Underlineeverythingaboutdogsthatis
trueallthetime.

Circleeverythingthatistrueaboutonly
somedogs.
 Generalizations
Whenyoumakeastatementaboutallor
mostofthepeopleorthingstogether,you
aremakingageneralization.

Forexample:
Allbirdshavewings.
Many childreneatcerealforbreakfast.
EveryoneinTennesseegoestothebeachfor
thesummer.
 Whatisageneralization?
Abroadstatementaboutagroupof
peopleorthings.

Itstatessomethingtheyhaveincommon.
 ClueWords(Signals)
Therearecertainwordsthatsignalorgiveusa
cluetorecognizegeneralizations.
Sometimes
Always
Never
Most
Many
All
Generally
Seldom
None
 MixandMeet
Tellyourpartnerthedefinitionofa
generalization
Partnerswillpraiseandrepeatthe
definition.

Tellyourpartnertwocluewords.
Partnerstelltwoothercluewords.
 Generalizations
Somegeneralizationsarevalidortrue,but
somearefaultyorinvalid.
 ValidGeneralizations
Validmeanstrue
Supportedbyfacts
Agreeswithwhatyouknowaboutthetopic
Useslogicandreasoning
Provenwithseveralexamples

Allbirdshavewingsvalidgeneralization
 FaultyGeneralizations
Faultymeansfalse.
Notsupportedbyfacts
Watchforkeywords:none,all,always,never,
everyone,nobody

EveryoneinTennesseegoestothebeachin
thesummer.FAULTY
 Practice
PartnerA:giveanexampleofavalid
generalization
PartnerB:giveanexampleofafaulty
generalization

Switchroles!
 Chocolateiseveryones
favoritedessert.
Whatiswrongwiththisgeneralization?
Howcouldyoumakeitavalid
generalization?
Readthefollowingpassage:
Gingerisoneofmybestfriends.WhenI
entermyhome,sheracestogreetmewith
kissesandexcitedleaps.Sheactslikeits
beeneightdayssinceshesseenme,
insteadoftheactualeighthours.Hercoat
ishoneybornhereyesarelargeand
loving.
Shesasixmontholdcockerspaniel
puppy,abreedoriginallyintendedtohunt
birdsinEngland.Herfaithful
companionshipcomfortsmewhenImsad
orsick.Herplayfulnessmakesmelaugh
whensheracesafteratoyIvetossed.All
cockerspanielsmakeperfectpets.
Whatgeneralizationisbeingmade
inthepassage?
Allcockerspanielsmakeperfectpets.

Isthisavalidgeneralization?
Doestheauthor:
Usefactstosupporttheidea?
Sharepastexperiencestosupporttheidea?
Provideseveralexamples?
Uselogicalthinking?
 IndependentPractice
Youwillcompletetheworksheetsfor
practicewithgeneralizations.

Evaluatetheonesinthechartandwrite
yourownatthebottom.
 ClosureActivity
Everyonewriteageneralizationonyour
paper.

Shareclassdecidesifitisvalidorfaulty