2023 CER

What is CER for?

• ELA

• Social Studies

• Science

• All Classes

What does CER mean?

• Create Evaluate Respond

• Consider Evidence Relevant

• Claim Evidence Reasoning

• Cause Examine Real-life

The invention of the wheelbarrow changed the nature of human work

• This is an example of a claim.

• This is an example of evidence.

What is a claim?

• Answers a question or problem

• long and detailed paragraph

• Explains why something happened

What is evidence ?

• Answers a question

• Primary or secondary sources on the topic.

• A Long and detailed paragraph

• Data, Maps, Charts

What is reasoning?

• Answers a question

• Explaining how evidence supports a claim

• Used to prove something true or false

Why do we need evidence?

• To answer a question

• To show how and why

• To prove our claim is true

Why do we need reasoning?

• To show how and why

• to answer a question

• To prove your claim is true

What is a helpful first step in writing your claim?

• Restating the question into an answer

• Explaining how the evidence connects to the claim

• Leading in your evidence to your claim

• Writing your counterclaim

Which category does this stem fall under?

The evidence implies that. . .

• Claim

• Counterclaim

• Reasoning

• Evidence