Author's Claims, Reasons, Evidence

Take a moment to talk to your neighbor and discuss:

1. What do you the author's claim is in "Rise of the Drones?"

2. How do you know that's the claim? What things helped you identify the claim?

STOP & DISCUSS

​LET'S READ LEAVE DRONES ALONE

Pg 22

** Remember when annotating the TITLE is guiding us to what information is IMPORTANT!!!!

WHY SHOULD WE LEAVE DRONES ALONE??

Open Ended

After reading "Leave Drones Alone"

What you feel the author's claim is?

Support your answer with REASON and EVIDENCE.

( Answer should be in paragraph form using the R.A.C.E Method )

Multiple Choice

Once an author selects his topic and establishes his purpose, they then have to produce a ____. 

• claim

• reason

• explanation

• evidence

Multiple Choice

Once an author establishes his claim he must provide ____ that the claim is valid. 

• claim

• evidence

• reason

• All of these

Multiple Choice

To further strengthen the claim, the author must use ____

• claim

• reasons

• evidence

• All of these

Open Ended

In the Passage Leave Drones Alone (Paragraph 2) What is the author trying to Imply?

Multiple Choice

In Rise of the Drones, the author argues that drone use comes with a lot of risks to the public, so drones should be more regulated. Which sentence from the passage provides the best evidence for this argument?

• "The FAA requires almost all drones to be registered, and civilian drones must have an identification sticker." (paragraph 4)

• "Drones can collide with other aircraft, endangering both those in the air and those on the ground."

  (paragraph 3)

• "Usually, people get in trouble while flying their drones because they have failed to use common sense."

  (paragraph 6)

• "As drones become more common, it is likely more people will start to understand the ways that drones can be dangerous."

  (paragraph 6)

Match

Match the following points.

(Make sure the Topic and Point are RELEVANT)

• Technology in the workplace improves efficiency and speed

• Transportation being promoted as the future of travel. But is dangerous

• Unmanned aerial vehicle

• Driverless cars are dangerous

• Red Light camera were not programmed and caused an accident

Humans and Robots Can Work Together

Driverless cars

Drone

Author's

claim

Evidence

Supports Claim

• Humans and Robots Can Work Together

• Driverless cars

• Drone

• Author's

  claim

• Evidence

  Supports Claim

Open Ended

Cite evidence from the text giving two examples, the author states are the benefits of having drones in society,

Poll

Which Author's Claim do you support?

• Leave Drones Alone

• Rise of the Drones

Open Ended

Why Do you Support that view??

( Answer should be in the form of two paragraphs)

Elaborate your response.