C E R Practice

What is a claim?

• Answers a question

• A long and detailed paragraph

• Explains why something happened

What is evidence ?

• An answer a question or problem.

• Information that supports your claim, such as text evidence.

• A long and detailed paragraph.

What is reasoning?

• Answers the question or problem.

• Explains either why you chose your claim or why your evidence is valid.

• Actual proof with text evidence.

What is an example of a claim?

• Star Wars is the best movie series.

• In the fall, because of changes in the length of daylight and changes in temperature, the leaves stop their food-making process.

• The data shows that when dogs are brought up in a positive environment, they can learn more tricks.

What is an example of reasoning?

• The character Denise is mean.

• In fact, Caulder thought, "Ms. Hussey was cool."

• This is because Petra has a crazy, fast moving life.

What is an example of evidence?

• Football players are 33% more likely to get injured than baseball players.

• Football is more dangerous than baseball.

• Baseball is a fun sport.

Why do we need evidence?

• To answer a question

• To explain our reasoning

• To prove our claim is true

Why do we need reasoning?

• To show how and why we made our claim and used evidence.

• to answer a question or problem

• To prove your claim is true

Which one of these is an evidence sentence starter?

• I think...

• The data shows…

• This is important because…

How can a reasoning sentence start?

• "This is because..."

• I think...

• To prove this...