WorksheetsArgumentative Writing
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
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
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
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
Evidence to back up your claim should come from
your brain
the prompt
the text you are analyzing (text: reading, video, graphs, images, etc)
Properly cited evidence has what three things?
signal phrase
quotation marks
page number in parenthesis
words from the prompt
An example of a signal phrase is...
What does it mean?
In the text it states....
Why does it matter?
(Page 7)
Quotation marks go around evidence to tell the reader...
that we did not write these words ourselves.
that we can follow instructions.
that someone said the evidence out loud.
that this is an opinion statement.
Citing a page number or paragraph number is important because....
We will get less points on our paragraph for not including it.
It tells the reader why the evidence is important
It tells the reader where they can find the evidence in the text.
It answers the prompt.
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
The TWO questions good reasoning answers are
What does it mean?
Why does it matter?
Where did you find that?
What is your final answer?
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.
Which of these is an example of a good claim for the prompt, "Interpret the meaning of the phrase 'do or do not, there is no try.'"
It means that you either do something or you don't.
The phrase 'do or do not, there is no try' means that you either do something or you don't.
Do something or don't do anything.
I think Yoda said that in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace.
What citation parts are missing for this evidence? In the text it states Call me Ishmael (Page 1).
Signal phrase
Quotation marks
page number
What citation parts are missing for this evidence? “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”(Page 1).
signal phrase
quotation marks
page number
