Evaluating Claims

A claim is ______________________________.

• a bad thing to make about something.

• a fact.

• a statement of something as a fact

Textual evidence is ______________________________.

• a clue.
• facts, figures, details, quotations, or other sources of data and information that provide support for claims or an analysis and that can be evaluated by others.
• not necessary when making a claim.
• what proves guilt or innocence.

True or False?
If you can point to it in the text, you can lift it out of the text, you can quote it directly from the text, then it is textual evidence.

• True
• False

Claims are NOT:

• opinions
• ideas
• based on evidence
• facts

True or False?
The statement "The Niners are the best football team" is a claim.

• True
• False

True or False?
The statement "The Niners had 5 wins and 11 losses in 2015" is a claim.

• True
• False

True or False?
Details from an image can be textual evidence.

• True
• False

Which of the following is NOT a claim?

• California is the best state in the USA.
• Twinkies taste better than other snack cakes because of their texture, their creamy filling, and their golden appearance.
• The school year began on August 18 and will end on June 4
• Christmas is the best holiday of the year.

Using evidence to support your opinions makes your ideas ____________.

• right
• wrong
• weaker
• stronger

Claims are _______________.

• facts
• debatable 
• always wrong
• delicious