CER and Critical Thinking Review

What is CER?

• An acronym my teacher made up

• A formula for paragraph writing

• A math equation

• The "map" for a 5 paragraph essay

What does CER actually stand for?

• Claim Extra credit Rational

• Creative Extra Reasoning

• Claim Evidence Reasoning

• Claim Evidence Renissance

What is a claim?

• what you do when you find gold

• it's the connect the dots for your reader/audience

• how you wrap up an essay

• a statment you are setting out to prove

Why does a claim need to have evidence?

• evidence help you sound the smartest

• it is what you are setting out to prove as correct

• evidence proves the credibility of the claim

• it will be lonely without it

Which of these trasitions can be used to introduce evidence? (check all that apply)

• for example

• in conclusion

• in summary

• for instance

Why does a claim and evidence need reasoning? (choose all that apply)

• reasoning answers the "so what" about your evidence

• it connects the dots in your reader's head

• it helps finish the story for the main character

• it helps the reader understand why your claim and evidence matter

A strong paragraph will have at least how many pieces of evidence and reasoning to prove the claim?

• at least 1

• at least 2

• at least 3

• at least 17

After the reasoning you should add a conclusion sentence. Why?

• it reminds the reader of the claim and closes the paragraph

• it is pretty

• it adds extra words and sentences which all teachers like

• it helps the reader understand the importance of everyone speaking their mind at all times

A critical thinker does not necessarily believe everything they hear.

• True

• False

What are critical thinking skills?

• thinking about critical things

• ways to answer an essay prompt

• ways to determine if you are critically ill

• they are strategies people use to consider and evaluate new ideas