TimetoSolveaMystery!

InductiveandDeductiveReasoning

Step1:Observations/Evidence:
Asyouwatchthevideo,takenotesonthecharacters.Howdotheyknoweachother,dotheysay
anythingsuspicious,whereweretheywhenthebodywasfound,didtheyhaveamotive?
REMEMBER
:
observationsmean
ALL
informationwithoutbias,notjusttheinformationthatsupportsyourideas.

Bob

John

Susan

Kathy

Dan

Vicky(Vic)

Judy

Mike

Step2:Analysis
Nowthatyouhavemadeyourobservations,itstimetosortthroughtheevidence.Placeyour
suspectsintotwogroups:thosewhocouldhavedoneit,andthosewhocouldnthavedoneit.Includeyour
evidenceintheboxwiththepersonsname,andthengiveanoverallreasoningfor
why
yousplitthetwo
groupsthewaythatyoudid.
Example:WhenIdidthedogexampleduringthepowerpoint,Itooktheobservationsofthedogs
(Thisdog
hasbig,sweeteyes.Thisdoglooksaggressivebecauseheisgrittinghisteeth)
andIputthemintotwogroups.
Then,Igaveareasoningforputtingthemintothecategories
(Thedogsontheleftbothlookaggressiveandmean,
andthedogsontherightlookcalmandsweet).

Reasoning:
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Step3:Conclusion
Nowthatyouhavesortedyourobservations,makeaguess!Statewhoyouthinkdiditandwhy.
Example:IfIwerewritingaconclusion(orclaim)forthedogs,Iwouldsaysomethingalongthelinesof
Itis
easytodetermineadogstemperamentbasedontheirappearance.

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DeductiveWriting:
Nowthatyouhaveinductivelydecidedwhocommittedthecrime,writeaparagraph(57sentences)
explainingyourconclusionandreasoning
deductively.
Deductivereasoningbeginswithstatingtheclaim
andthengivingtheevidencetosupport.Startbysayingwhoyoubelievecommittedthecrimeandthenlead
upto
why
youreachedthatconclusion.

Example:IfIwerewritingadeductiveparagraphaboutthedogs,Iwouldstartbystatingaclaim,andthentalking
abouthowIreachedthatconclusion.Itwouldlooksomethinglikethis:
Itiseasytodecideadogstemperamentbasedontheirappearance.Dogseitherlookmean,ortheylook
nice.Ilookedatfourpicturesofdogsandmadeobservationsaboutthem.Intwoofthepictures,thedogshadpointed
collarsandsharp,grittedteeth.Intheothertwopictures,thedogshadsadeyesandagoofygrinontheirface.