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What is a claim?

• Answers a question or problem

• long and detailed paragraph

What is evidence ?

• Answers a question

• Anything you see, hear or read or experience that causes you to believe something is true.

• Long and detailed paragraph

What is reasoning?

• Answers a question

• Explaining how evidence supports a claim

• Used to prove something true or false

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CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.K.1D

What is an example of a claim?

• Mr. Brunt likes Star Wars

• 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 leaves are taken away from sunlight, they change colors.

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NGSS.HS-LS2-6

What is an example of reasoning?

• Honey is stored in hives.

• Honeybees store their honey in hives.

• Honeybees use hexagons to store the honey and pollen they bring to the hive.

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.

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

Why do we need evidence?

• To answer a question

• To show how and why

• To prove our claim is true

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CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

Why do we need reasoning?

• To show how and why

• to answer a question

• To prove your claim is true

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CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

Which one of these is an evidence sentence starter?

• Answers a question

• The data shows…

• This is important because…

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CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

What does a reasoning sentence look like?

• Starts with the words Therefore or Because

• Answers the question

• Information from books