Evidence Intervention

Which piece of evidence BEST supports the claim: Malala's bravery is evident in her speaking out for those who cannot speak for themselves.

• "My father educated my brother & me, but he didn’t send my sisters to school" (Alter 2014)

• “I thought it was an injustice.” (Alter 2014)

• ""You know every country, community and corporation would benefit from every girl having access to free, safe, quality education" (Yousafzai 2022)

• ""If you are serious about creating a safe and sustainable world for children, then be serious about education. You’ve heard enough about how education transforms lives, strengthens economies and contributes to a more peaceful world"(Yousafzai 2022)

Which piece of evidence is CORRECTLY cited?

• You know every country, community and corporation would benefit from every girl having access to free, safe, quality education (Yousafzai 2022).

• "If you are serious about creating a safe and sustainable world for children, then be serious about education" (Yousafzai 2022).

• “They thought that the bullets would silence us. But they failed, (Alter 2014)”.

• “My mother liked my pen name ‘Gul Makai’ and said to my father ‘why not change her name to Gul Makai?’ I also like the name because my real name means ‘grief stricken’.” (Alter Paragraph 8)

Which of the following piece of evidence BEST supports the following claim: The Taliban systematically have taken rights away from women.

• The Taliban gained control of the Swat region, banning DVDs, dancing, and beauty parlors.

• “I think we must have looked at her,” Malala’s classmate Shazia Ramzan told TIME’s Aryn Baker.

• In Afghanistan, Taliban have banned girls like Somaya from learning.

• And conflict and violence in Ethiopia, Ukraine and other countries are keeping girls like Yelizaveta out of the classroom.

Which claim is BEST supported by the evidence : "Yet halfway to that target date, we are facing an education emergency".

• Girls still need an education.

• Education still needs more money.

• Inequality remains a problem.

• Education inequality continues to be a global crisis.

Which of the pieces of evidence below is cited CORRECTLY?

• “If I was a 10th as courageous as these girls are, I would be a lion." (Engle Paragraph 15).

• "I wish I was a boy because being a girl has no value,” Fariba wrote. Afghan men “shout and scream: Why should a girl study? Why should a girl work? Why should a girl live free?" (Engle 2022).

• "I wish I was a boy because being a girl has no value,” Fariba wrote. Afghan men “shout and scream: Why should a girl study? Why should a girl work? Why should a girl live free?(Engle 2022)."

• In paragraph 16 it states, “If I was a 10th as courageous as these girls are, I would be a lion." (Paragraph 15).

The FIRST reasoning sentence should...

• Explain the quote

• Connect the quote to the claim

• Restate the prompt

• Connect the quote to a real world event

Which of the following would BEST first reasoning sentence for the quote: "If you are serious about creating a safe and sustainable world for children, then be serious about education" (Yousafzai 2022).

• The quote is saying that the world will only continue if people are serious about the education of children.

• What is being said is that people need to be serious about education in order to have a sustained world.

• In the quote it says that people need to be serious about education for the world to continue.

• To have a secure world in the future, people need to be committed to education.

Choose the BEST 2nd reasoning sentence if you see the following CER: Believing in the viability of the world means believing in education. In Malala's speech she states, "If you are serious about creating a safe and sustainable world for children, then be serious about education" (Yousafzai 2022). To have a secure world in the future, people need to be committed to education.

• When people believe in the future, they also believe in their education.

• This connects to my claim because it means that people care about children's education and their future.

• When people care about the future, they care about their future too, this is how it connects to the claim.

• Malala is saying when people believe in the future, they also believe in their education.

Which of the following claims BEST supports the evidence: “There are some beautiful minds on the other side of the world who are concerned about us" (Engle 2022).

• Students in San Diego are surprised by how smart students in Afghanistan are.

• American and Afghan students have nothing in common.

• Though there is a great distance between them, students have made a connection which has caused them to become friends over the great distance.

• Though students have differences, they are able to make connections.

Which piece of evidence INCORRECTLY supports the claim: Malala has always been wise beyond her years.

•  "By the time she was 2½, she was sitting in class with 10-year-olds, according to a close family friend and teacher at the school founded by Malala‘s father".

• "The little girl with the huge hazel eyes didn’t say much, but “she could follow, and she never got bored,”

• "As a toddler, Malala would sit in classrooms in her father’s school and follow lessons for 10-year olds".

• "As she grew older, she was always first in her class. “She was an ordinary girl with extraordinary abilities,”