Claims & Reasons

What is a claim?

• Your point of view on an issue that you will support with evidence.

• When two people argue about an issue.

• Persuading people to be on your side by using emotions

• Making a valid point so the other person looks wrong

Remember not to start your claim with ___________or _________________.

• Correct grammar

• I believe or I think

• A capital letter or correct word usage

What is evidence?

• Explaining what you know from personal experience

• A statement used to hook the reader to the essay

• Evidence is using pictures to show why you are right.

• Reliable information that supports or backs up your claim.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

Choose the right way this claim is written:

• We should wear what we want to school

• I think we should be able to wear what we want to school

• Yes, we should wear what we want because we bought it.

• Students should be able to wear what they want to school.

Which claim is written correctly?

• Students should not chew gum in class.

• We should be able to chew gum because it's just gum, come on.

• No, you children should not chew gum in my class! That is so immature!

• I disagree that students should not chew any type of gum in this class.

Which word makes this claim incorrectly written? Select the best answer!

Yes, we should wear hats and hoods in school because it is not hurting anyone?

• Yes

• Yes and we

• should

• we

A claim cannot stand alone, a claim needs to have ______________.

• choices

• a thesis statement

• reasons

• a period

Give 2 reasons for this claim that makes the most sense: Students should be required to clean up the restrooms from top to bottom when they trash it in the schools....

• because the should clean up after themselves and their parents will be proud

• because they are nasty and need to be taught a lesson

• because it teaches them responsibility and can prevent them from messing it up again

• because it will show that they care about the school and help the janitors

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

Give the best 2 reasons: Students under the age of 8 should not trick or treat by themselves.

• because it is late

• because it is ridiculous and they are too young to cross the street by themselves

• because they are too young to be out that late and something dangerous can happen

• because their parents should hold their hand and it is okay to go with a friend

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

Which one would be a good claim for someone who agrees with this statement? Should students be forced to say the pledge?

• No, we shouldn't because America is messed up these days!

• I disagree with that

• yes, absolutely this is America, these kids are living in a free country, what's wrong with them?

• Students should be forced to say the pledge because it is a part of nationalism and not saying it is showing dishonor to their country.