Argumentative Writing Prompt

Select the TWO requirements to writing a good claim:

• use words from the prompt aka restate the question

• cite direct evidence from the text

• a statement that answers the prompt

• interpret the main point of the evidence

The CER writing format is used for what type of writing?

• Narrative

• Argumentative

• Informative

• All writing!

CER stands for...

• Point, Evidence, Analysis

• Correct, Evident Reasoning

• Claim, Evidence, Reasoning

• Claim evident reasons

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

A claim is...

• The point or thesis of an argument, an opinion statement

• How you support your opinion

• The analysis that shows how you got your answer

• What you need to file to get insurance money

A genre of writing where the author states their claim and backs it with evidence

• Argument

• Persuasive

• Fiction

A genre of writing where the author states their claim and backs it with evidence

• Argument

• Persuasive

• Fiction

Evidence to back up your claim should come from

• your brain

• Google

• the prompt

• the text you are analyzing (text: reading, video, graphs, images, etc)

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

Which of these is an example of a good claim for the prompt, "What is your favorite color?"

• Green.

• It's red.

• My favorite color is blue.

• I like all of these colors.

Properly cited evidence has what three things?

• signal phrase

• quotation marks

• page number in parenthesis

• words from the prompt

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

The TWO things good reasoning does are

• cite direct evidence from the text

• interpret the main point of the evidence

• use words from the prompt to answer the prompt

• explain how the evidence proves the claim

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RL.6.1