Museum Artifact Unit

A position that can be argued that is debatable, defensible and compelling.

• Data

• Reasoning

• Evidence

• Claim

Tags

CCSS.W.7.1A

CCSS.W.7.1B

The explanation of why your claim is true, using logic to connect your evidence to your main idea.

• Source

• Tone

• Claim

• Reasoning

Tags

CCSS.W.7.1B

Pieces of information, like numbers or facts, that you collect to help back up your ideas or arguments

• Evidence
• Statistics
• Data
• Assumptions

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.W.7.1B

CCSS.W.7.8

CCSS.W.7.9A

The specific details, facts, or examples that support your claim. It helps to prove that what you’re saying is true

• Data

• Claim

• Reasoning

• Evidence

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.W.7.1B

CCSS.W.7.2B

The place where you get your information from, like a book, website, article, or person. It’s important to know where your information comes from

• Data
• Evidence

• Tone

• Source

Tags

CCSS.W.7.1B

CCSS.W.7.8

The exact words taken from a source, like a book or article. When you use it, you show where you got those words from

• Paraphrase
• Quote

• Evidence

• Summary

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

The feeling or attitude that the writer shows in their writing. It can be happy, sad, serious, or funny, and it helps you understand how the writer feels about the topic

• Source

• Data

• Summary

• Tone

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5D

CCSS.RI.7.4

To retell what a text is about, with fewer words and using your own words without including your opinion.

• Evidence

• Summarizing

• Paraphrasing

• Quote

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

To restate information or ideas from a text in your own words while keeping the original meaning

• Quoting
• Summarizing
• Translating
• Paraphrasing

Tags

CCSS.W.7.8

Identify the claim for the following statment.

Since too much screen time can cause health issues, like eye strain and sleep problems, limiting screen time each day helps students stay healthier."

• Students should increase their screen time daily.
• Limiting screen time has no effect on health.
• Limiting screen time each day helps students stay healthier.
• Too much screen time is beneficial for students.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.8