Review Claims and evidence

Review Claims and evidence

Multiple Choice

What is a claim?

• A sentence that says what your position is.

• A detail about your favorite holiday.

• A fact.

Multiple Select

A position is something that can be argued about - it has two sides.

• True

• False

Multiple Select

Fact or opinion?

Cats have toe-beans.

• Fact

• Opinion

Multiple Choice

Cats have toe-beans but rabbits do not.

Is this a position that can be argued, or a fact?

• Position that can be argued

• Fact

Multiple Choice

Fact, or position that can be argued?

Rabbits don't have toe beans so cartoons should not draw rabbit characters with toe beans because it is misleading.

• Position that can be argued

• Fact

Multiple Select

True or false:

When we make a claim about our position we can then create an argument.

• True

• False

Multiple Select

True or false:

We can argue facts.

• True

• False

Multiple Select

Is this a claim?

People should be allowed to have pit bulls as pets.

• Yes

• No

Multiple Choice

What would be a precise claim for this prompt?

Should NASA consider Pluto a planet?

• No, NASA should not consider Pluto a planet.

• Pluto is a small planet that is too small and it is also very cold and mostly ice and you can only see it using powerful telescopes and math.

A precise claim should be:

• Clear

• Restate the prompt

• State your position (pro or con)

• NOT include details of your argument

Multiple Choice

What would be a precise claim for this prompt?

Is it ethical to keep goldfish in bowls?

• Yes, it is ethical to keep goldfish in bowls.

• Yes it is okay to keep goldfish in fish and ponds because my cat likes to play with the fish all the time.

Open Ended

Write a precise prompt for this claim:

Is it right to keep wild animals like raccoons as pets?

Multiple Choice

What is evidence?

• Examples from the text

• Opinions from my Abuela

• Stuff I heard on reddit.

Multiple Select

Evidence is relevant if it:

• Tells a lot of interesting facts.

• Supports the claim

• Gets our attention.

Multiple Choice

Claim: We should not have zoos.

Which evidence is relevant to this claim?

• Zoos teach us about conservation.

• People get to see animals they wouldn't see.

• Zoos charge too much for admisstion.

• Animal's in zoos die at half their natural life-span.

Multiple Select

Is this evidence relevant to the claim: We should not have driverless cars?

"Driverless cars are really fun to ride in."

• Yes

• No

Poll

How good are you at writing introductions and conclusions?

• Really bad

• Ok

• Good

• Awesome

Multiple Select

True or false:

An introduction has 5 parts.

• True

• False

On a piece of paper:

Write 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

On line 5, write your claim for our paper.

Remember this is the Yes.... or No... position.

On lines 2, 3, and 4...

Write your three reasons you listed in your packet.

Multiple Choice

You should always start your essay like this:

Imagine a world where you are stuck in a cage all day. Wouldn't that be terrible?

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Your opening statement should be:

• A fact or statistic, or general statement about the topic.

• An opinion about the topic.

• A rhetorical question?

Multiple Select

True or false:

This is cinematic overture and should never be the opening sentence:

In a world where humans don't care and liter everywhere, one zoo, in a little town, is doing it's part to be a super hero.

• True Ugh don't do this.

• False

Open Ended

Write a sentence - a fact or general idea about our topic that you could use to start your essay.

On line one of your paper...

Write down one of the opening statements we all brainstormed.

Guess what?!

Your introduction called.

It's done.

Multiple Select

An introduction paragraph will have: (check all that apply)

• An opening statement

• Three reasons that will be discussed in the essay

• Claim/Thesis

• Rhetorical questions?

Multiple Choice

True or false - the conclusion is basically the introduction in reverse.

• True

• False

Writing things in "different words"

• This means we need to find synonyms, or other ways to say the same thing.

• We can reverse the order, too

Using synonyms:

We should not have wild animals like Raccoons as pets.

• I could say this as We should not keep (have) exotic (wild) creatures (animals) in our homes (as pets).

• I changed the key words out for synonyms or words that have a similar meaning:

• We should not keep exotic creatures in our homes.

Multiple Choice

What would be another way of saying: "People should be allowed to have pit bulls as pets?"

• Families should be permitted to keep pit bulls at home.

• Another thing about pit bulls is they are cute.

Reverse mirroring

• Another way to "say it in different words" is mirroring.

• "People should not be allowed to keep wild animals like raccoons as pets."

• I will reverse the phrases: Keeping wild animals as pets should not be allowed.

Multiple Choice

Which one is mirrored?

"People should be allowed to keep pit bulls as pets."

• Keeping pit bulls as pets should be allowed.

• Allowing pets to pit bull is people.

Parting advise:

• Do not add NEW information to the intro or conclusion.

• If it's in the intro, it must be in the paper.

• List your reasons in your intro in the order they are in the paper - the intro is a map that tells the reader what you will say and when.