Evidence for CR Workshop 6

Invasive Species Evidence

You will be going back to the three articles about invasive species to find good evidence and identify evidence types.
California Invasive Plant Inventory
Stages of Biological Invasion
Invading Bullfrogs Appear Nearly Unstoppable

Your Writing Prompt

You will be gathering evidence for this prompt:

You have read three texts that claim that invasive species are harmful to native ecosystems. Write an essay that compares and contrasts the evidence each source uses to support this claim. Be sure to use evidence from all three sources to support your response.

Multiple Select

How do you rate your skills for finding important evidence from Informational

Texts in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics?

• I was born to do this.

• I feel like I have skills but practice is helpful.

• I would like to be better at this.

• I am feeling pretty hopeless. Help me!

The claim:

Invasive species are harmful to native ecosystems.

Multiple Select

Which of these is a fact that could be used as evidence?

• The meaning of these overall ratings is described

  below.

• The California Invasive Plant Inventory categorizes non-native invasive plants that

  threaten the state’s wildlands.

• These species have severe ecological impacts on physical processes, plant and

  animal communities, and vegetation structure.

The claim:

Invasive species are harmful to native ecosystems.

Multiple Choice

Which of these has statistics that could be used as evidence?

• Non-native plants are species introduced to California after European contact and as a

  direct or indirect result of human activity.

• The

  2006 list includes 39 High species, 65 Moderate species, and 89 Limited species.

• The Inventory categorizes plants as High, Moderate, or Limited, reflecting the level of

  each species’ negative ecological impact in California.

The claim:

Invasive species are harmful to native ecosystems.

Multiple Choice

Which of these has examples that could be used as evidence?

• It is important

  to note that even Limited species are invasive and should be of concern to land managers.

• The Inventory does not include plants found solely in areas of human-

  caused disturbance such as roadsides and cultivated agricultural fields.

• Neither of these has examples.

Types of Evidence

Not all passages have all types of evidence. You still have to examine the passage and find GOOD evidence to support the claim.

Types of Evidence

Now, go back to the passages and find evidence for yourself.

You have an assignment called Evidence from Close Reading Workshop 6.

Highlight evidence and label the type.