SBAC Friday Study Game

The President of the United States receives a salary of $400,000.

• Strong: Claim

• Weak: Not a Claim

News publications should not be allowed to publish photographs of children without parental permission.

• Strong: Claim

• Weak: Not a Claim

High school students with part-time jobs should get academic credit for working.

• Strong: Claim

• Weak: Not a Claim

To keep their readers' trust, tabloid magazines should avoid writing false stories about celebrities.

• Strong: Claim

• Weak: Not a Claim

Next, I will write about smartphone games.

• Strong: Claim

• Weak: Not a Claim

The _____ sums up the argument that the writer is defending. It typically comes at the start of a paragraph.

• Evidence

• Reasoning

• Claim

A piece of _____ is a fact that supports the claim.

• reasoning

• evidence

• gum

IDENTIFY THE CLAIM:

American high schools should offer classes on stress management in order to better prepare students for the workforce. According to CNBC, 80% of American workers report feeling stressed at work. By teaching students healthy habits for managing and relieving stress, high schools would help create a generation of workers that is more relaxed and confident.

• According to CNBC, 80% of American workers report feeling stressed at work.

• American high schools should offer classes on stress management in order to better prepare students for the workforce.

• By teaching students healthy habits for managing and relieving stress, high schools would help create a generation of workers that is more relaxed and confident.

IDENTIFY THE EVIDENCE:

American high schools should offer classes on stress management in order to better prepare students for the workforce. According to CNBC, 80% of American workers report feeling stressed at work. By teaching students healthy habits for managing and relieving stress, high schools would help create a generation of workers that is more relaxed and confident.

• American high schools should offer classes on stress management in order to better prepare students for the workforce.

• According to CNBC, 80% of American workers report feeling stressed at work.

• By teaching students healthy habits for managing and relieving stress, high schools would help create a generation of workers that is more relaxed and confident.

IDENTIFY THE EVIDENCE (Select all that apply):

Katniss consistently underestimates her competitors in the Hunger Games. For example, upon first noting Rue in the training center, Katniss characterizes the younger girl as a “small yellow flower” (Collins 99). Furthermore, Katniss maintains that twelve-year-old Rue reminds her of a bird (Collins 99). During the games, however, Rue is not delicate like a flower or helpless as a bird; the young girl makes smart decisions that ultimately save Katniss’s life.

• Katniss consistently underestimates her competitors in the Hunger Games.

• For example, upon first noting Rue in the training center, Katniss characterizes the younger girl as a “small yellow flower” (Collins 99).

• Furthermore, Katniss maintains that twelve-year-old Rue reminds her of a bird (Collins 99).

• During the games, however, Rue is not delicate like a flower or helpless as a bird; the young girl makes smart decisions that ultimately save Katniss’s life.