CER

What is a Claim?

• Living things need water.
• The supporting details
• Fake news
• The writer's position or stance, it answers the question

Which of the following is an example of a "good" claim? 

• Yes, it is. 
• A sunflower seed is a living thing because it has four basic needs and six characteristics. 
• No way!
• Acorns are like seeds. 

Which of the following is NOT a strong piece of evidence? 

• A personal experience
• Statistic or measurement
• Data collected from a valid source
• Text from a scientific journal

Evidence is the....

• HOW you know
• Statistic or measurement
• WHY you know
• ANYTHING you know

The reasoning is... 

• EVERYTHING you know
• WHY you know
• WHAT you know
• HOW you know

The explanation that connects your position statement and the supporting evidence is called the... 

• Reasoning
• Claim
• Evidence
• CER