Claim and Evidence

What is a claim?

• A point or argument being made

• Something that can be supported with evidence

• An opinion

• Information that supports the claim

What is evidence?

• Information that supports the claim

• An argument you're trying to prove

• My personal opinion

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.W.7.1B

Is this a claim or evidence? Strong reading skills are essential for all students.

• Claim

• Evidence

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CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.W.7.1A

CCSS.W.7.1B

What would be a good piece of evidence to support this claim (check all that apply)? Strong reading skills are essential for all students.

• Reading is just as important as math.

• According to DoSomething.org, 85% of juveniles in the court system are unable to read.

• Reading helps to develop the mind and imagination and the creative side of a student.

• You'll never get a job if you can't read well.

Claim or evidence? A recent study proved that some dogs are able to sniff out cancer cells in patients.

• Claim

• Evidence

Claim or evidence? Recycling is beneficial for the environment.

• Claim

• Evidence

What is the claim of this passage? The use of social media sites, like Facebook, can give you a false sense of reality and cause you physical harm. According to Jean Conklin, a clinical psychiatrist at University of Maryland Hospital, in Baltimore, “Social media is to your mind what sugar is to your body – bad all around.” The main reason we all ought to stop looking at social media is because it makes us think that the people in our lives (or virtually in our lives, anyway) are happier, more fulfilled and more successful than they probably are; which makes us feel more depressed, frustrated and unfulfilled than we probably are.

• Social media gives a false sense of reality and does physical harm.

• Social media is ok in small doses.

• Students should have access to social media at school.

• Most people are unhappy in their lives.

What evidence did the author provide to support her claim about social media? The use of social media sites, like Facebook, can give you a false sense of reality and cause you physical harm. According to Jean Conklin, a clinical psychiatrist at University of Maryland Hospital, in Baltimore, “Social media is to your mind what sugar is to your body – bad all around.” The main reason we all ought to stop looking at social media is because it makes us think that the people in our lives (or virtually in our lives, anyway) are happier, more fulfilled and more successful than they probably are; which makes us feel more depressed, frustrated and unfulfilled than we probably are.

• Social media is to your mind what sugar is to your body – bad all around.

• ...it makes us think that the people in our lives...are happier, more fulfilled and more successful than they probably are...

• ...which makes us feel more depressed, frustrated and unfulfilled than we probably are.

• All of the above are evidence to support the author's claim.

Claim or evidence? Social media triggers a stress response in the body, even if you don’t think or realized that you are stressed out. Studies have shown that reading new information on Facebook triggers the release of cortisol, your body’s stress hormone.

• Claim

• Evidence

Claim or evidence? Homemade oatmeal cookies are not only a better snack option than a candy bar or pack of crackers, they are actually good for you.

• Claim

• Evidence