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Multiple Choice

Which sentence below states a claim?

• Research money should be used to develop affordable solar powered cars.

• Solar powered cars would come in all  the same colors as gas powered cars.

• Panels collect sunlight and turn it into electricity.

• Solar powered cars would help the consumer save money.

Multiple Select

Which sentences below support the claim?

• Solar powered cars would reduce pollution from fossil fuels.

• Solar power is a renewable resource that will never run out.

• Solar powered cars generate electricity, so they don't need gas.

• Solar powered cars would come in al the same colors as gas powered cars.

​Think Aloud

​What is the claim?

Multiple Choice

How well does the author support his claim that the best way to begin using solar, wind, and geothermal power is to make electricity?

• A. He supports it well because the energy crisis is holding us back.

• B. He supports it well because he proposes a new energy strategy.

• C. He supports it poorly because he does not say why this way is best.

• D. He supports it poorly because these energy sources are not actually forms of renewable energy.

Guided Practice:​

​Take out your Ready WB.

​Turn to page 182.

​ With a partner, close read and circle the sentences the author believes to be true.

​Underline the evidence that supports what the author believes.