Identifying Author's Claims and Supporting Reasons

The video tutorial guides viewers on how to identify an author's claim or point in informational texts. Using examples related to frogs, it demonstrates how to recognize the author's main idea and the reasons supporting it. The tutorial provides practical examples, such as frogs being amphibians, their eating habits, and their jumping abilities, to illustrate the process of combining claims and reasons into coherent sentences. The video concludes by reinforcing the skill of identifying claims and reasons in texts.

What is the main purpose of the video tutorial?

• To share personal experiences of the narrator

• To describe the life of frogs

• To explain how to identify the author's claim and reason in texts

• To teach about camping in Massachusetts

What do authors do in informational texts?

• They tell stories

• They make points or state ideas about a topic

• They write poems

• They create fictional characters

What is the author's claim in the statement 'Frogs are amphibians'?

• Frogs eat plants

• Frogs are amphibians

• Frogs are reptiles

• Frogs live in trees

What is the reason given for the claim that 'Frogs are amphibians'?

• They can fly

• They live on land and in the water

• They are mammals

• They have scales

How can the claim and reason about frogs being amphibians be combined into one sentence?

• Frogs are amphibians because they croak

• Frogs are amphibians because they eat insects

• Frogs are amphibians meaning they live on land and in the water

• Frogs are amphibians because they have strong legs

What is the author's claim in the statement 'Frogs eat meat'?

• Frogs eat fruits

• Frogs eat meat

• Frogs eat plants

• Frogs eat leaves

What is the reason given for the claim that 'Frogs eat meat'?

• They are nocturnal

• They live in water

• They have sharp teeth

• They catch bugs with their tongue

How can the claim and reason about frogs eating meat be combined into one sentence?

• Frogs eat meat by catching bugs with their tongue

• Frogs eat meat because they are green

• Frogs eat meat because they live in water

• Frogs eat meat because they croak

What is the author's claim in the statement 'Frogs can jump almost 20 times their body length'?

• Frogs can fly

• Frogs can run quickly

• Frogs can jump almost 20 times their body length

• Frogs can swim fast

What is the reason given for the claim that 'Frogs can jump almost 20 times their body length'?

• They have sharp claws

• They have long tails

• They have wings

• They have strong hind leg muscles