Argumentative Writing

The CER writing format is used for what type of writing?

• Narrative

• Argumentative

• Informative

• All writing!

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CCSS.W.6.1A

CCSS.W.6.1B

CCSS.W.6.1C

CER stands for...

• Point, Evidence, Analysis

• Correct, Evident Reasoning

• Claim, Evidence, Reasoning

• Claim evident reasons

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CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.W.6.1A

CCSS.W.6.1B

CCSS.W.6.1C

A claim is...

• The point or thesis of an argument, an opinion statement

• How you support your opinion

• The analysis that shows how you got your answer

• What you need to file to get insurance money

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CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.W.6.1A

CCSS.W.6.1B

Select the TWO requirements to writing a good claim:

• use words from the prompt aka restate the question

• cite direct evidence from the text

• a statement that answers the prompt

• interpret the main point of the evidence

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.W.6.1A

CCSS.W.6.1B

Evidence to back up your claim should come from

• your brain

• Google

• the prompt

• the text you are analyzing (text: reading, video, graphs, images, etc)

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.SL.6.1B

CCSS.W.6.1B

CCSS.W.6.9A

Properly cited evidence has what three things?

• signal phrase

• quotation marks

• page number in parenthesis

• words from the prompt

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

An example of a signal phrase is...

• What does it mean?

• In the text it states....

• Why does it matter?

• (Page 7)

Quotation marks go around evidence to tell the reader...

• that we did not write these words ourselves.

• that we can follow instructions.

• that someone said the evidence out loud.

• that this is an opinion statement.

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

Citing a page number or paragraph number is important because....

• We will get less points on our paragraph for not including it.

• It tells the reader why the evidence is important

• It tells the reader where they can find the evidence in the text.

• It answers the prompt.

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CCSS.W.6.1A

CCSS.W.6.1B

CCSS.W.6.9A

The TWO things good reasoning does are

• cite direct evidence from the text

• interpret the main point of the evidence

• use words from the prompt to answer the prompt

• explain how the evidence proves the claim

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CCSS.W.6.1A

CCSS.W.6.1B