ELA Claims Opinions Facts

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Debate Question: Should lunch periods be longer than 30 minutes?

Write a claim to the debate question:

What the writer wants to persuade readers to believe is ...

• Fact

• Claim

• Evidence

• Opinion

A writer’s “proof.” It supports and lends credibility to a writer’s ideas and points is...

• Fact

• Opinion

• Evidence

• Claim

Something that actually happened or that can be proved is...

• Claim

• Opinion

• Evidence

• Fact

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

A person's judgment or belief that cannot be proved is...

• Fact

• Opinion

• Evidence

• Claim

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Which of these options is an example of a "claim" to the debate question, "should middle schoolers have cell phones?"

• I think middle schoolers know what cell phones are?

• Middle schoolers should have cell phones.

• There are middle schoolers will cell phones.

Which of the options is an example of "evidence"?

• Something I think because it sounds smart

• Statistics with a source

• Something my friend told me one time

• Something I heard on Tiktok

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CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

The 4 different types of evidence are facts, statistics, quotes, and ...

• A made up story

• Something copied off a text message

• An instagram post

• Eye-witness accounts

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Fact or Opinion: Ben Reifel Middle School opened in 2021

• Fact

• Opinion

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Fact or Opinion: Ben Reifel Middle School is the best middle school in Sioux Falls, SD.

• Fact

• Opinion

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6