Matching Claims and Text Evidence

Claim: Uniforms should not be worn in schools.

Which piece of evidence BEST supports this claim?

• The typical American family spends more than $2,000 on clothes and shoes per child every year.

• Being able to choose one's own clothing and overall appearance is a way for people to express their individuality and uniqueness.

• Less students would be late to school in the morning if they did not have to waste time picking out clothes.

• If schools want to make students wear uniforms, the schools should be funding the uniforms, not parents.

Claim: Students should not be given homework.

Which piece of evidence BEST supports this claim?

• 65% of students who do their homework perform better on assessments.

• Homework takes away students' free time after school to participate in extracurricular activities and spend time with their friends and families.

• 3 out of 4 parents believe that homework helps their children succeed academically.

• Educational researchers believe that homework should not be counted as a grade.

Claim: Parents should not post pictures/videos of their children online.

Which piece of evidence BEST supports this claim?

• Children have the same rights to privacy that adults do.

• 4 out of 7 parents believe they have a right as parents to post pictures of their children online.

• In a recent poll, 90% of young adults said they use social media every day.

• Parents agree that no harm has ever come from them posting photos of their children online.

Claim: 16 year olds should be allowed to vote.

Which piece of evidence BEST supports this claim?

• Giving 16 year olds the opportunity to vote would get them interested in politics at a younger age, which would benefit our country and government in the long run.

• A person's brain is not fully developed until their mid-to-late 20s, which affects their decision-making.

• In a recent poll, 87% of adults (18+) agreed that 16 year olds are not responsible enough to vote.

• In a recent poll, 53% of 16 year olds indicated that they would be interested in voting if given the chance.

Claim: The school day should not start earlier than 9am.

Which piece of evidence BEST supports this claim?

• If students started school earlier, they could go home earlier, which would give them more time for extracurriculars.

• Studies show that teenagers perform better academically when they get more sleep.

• Research has proven that teens would not get more sleep even if the school day started later because they would still stay up late watching TikToks.

• If school started later, there would be less traffic from parents and students.

Claim: It should be free to attend every college.

Which TWO pieces of evidence BEST support this claim?

• If college were free, it would be difficult to find people to work essential jobs that don't require an education like cashiering and labor.

• More people would attend college if it were free, which would benefit society because people would be better educated.

• Colleges wouldn't be able to afford to stay open if students did not pay tuition.

• Making all colleges free would give everyone a more equal chance at being successful and wealthy.

Claim: Johnny gains more courage and self-confidence by the end of The Outsiders.

Which piece of textual evidence BEST supports this claim?

• "If you can picture a little dark puppy that has been kicked too many times and is lost in a crowd of strangers, you'll have Johnny."

• "Johnny was always nervous around strangers."

• "Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold."

• "Johnny wasn't behaving at all like his old self... he grinned at me. He wasn't scared either. That was the only time I could think of when I saw him without that defeated, suspicious look in his eyes."

Answer explanation

To support the claim that Johnny changed, we need a quote that shows Johnny's courage and confidence later in the novel, NOT his lack of confidence in the beginning of the novel.

Claim: Darry Curtis is the true hero in The Outsiders.

Which piece of textual evidence BEST supports this claim?

• "Darry isn't ever sorry for anything he does."

• "The only thing that keeps Darry from bein' a Soc is us."

• "Darry never had time to do anything anymore."

• "It was Darry. He hit me... we used to get along okay... before Mom and Dad died. Now he just can't stand me."