What is the best definition for CLAIM?

• A statement you believe to be false.

• An arguable statement.

• Evidence that proves something right.

• An main idea.

Claims should be...

• clear and concise

• picking a side

• statement form

• all of the above

What does EVIDENCE mean?

• Statement you believe to be true

• An opinion

• Information that supports your claim

• A statement of an opposing argument

What are good examples of evidence to help support your claim?

• Statistics

• Research and survey results

• Expert opinions

• All of these

A counterclaim is...

• An opposing or different point of view.

• An arguable statement.

• Reasons to support the claim.

• Explaining how the evidence supports the claim.

Which piece of evidence could be used to BEST support this claim:
High school students should be required to wear uniforms.

• When adding everything up, a school uniform could end up costing more than $200.
• I personally think wearing uniforms would be less stressful.
• At one school that recently required students to wear uniforms, attendence rates went up, and behavior incidents went down.
• School uniforms can be ordered online .

Read the paragraph.
You may not know who Mark Zuckerberg is but I bet you know about Facebook. Zuckerberg and his roommates launched Facebook from their college dormitory at Harvard. Facebook started off as just a "Harvard thing," but Zuckerberg and roommates spread it to other universities like Stanford, Dartmouth, and NYU. As Facebook grew in size and popularity, Zuckerberg took investments but resisted buyout offers. The founders maintained control and in 2012 Facebook became a publically traded company. Today Facebook is one of the world’s most popular websites and Zuckerberg is the CEO. Facebook has over one billion users and Zuckerberg is one of the 25 richest people in America. That’s not too bad for a college dropout. 
What's the Text Structure?

• Compare and Contrast
• Chronological 
• Cause and Effect
• Problem and Solution

 Which type of text structure tells the story IN (TIME )ORDER?

• Compare and Contrast
• Cause and Effect
• Problem and Solution
• Chronological

What text structure explains why something happened or explains the effects of something?

• Sequence
• Chronological
• Cause and Effect
• Compare and Contrast

The text structure that describes the order steps occurred or should occur in is called_______.

• Chronological
• Compare and Contrast
• Sequence
• Cause and Effect