Providing Evidence to Support Opinions

C E R making claims: How can you ensure that your claim is supported by evidence in CER reading?

• By relying on personal opinions rather than facts

• By using emotional language to persuade the reader

• By providing specific examples, data, or research findings that back up your claim

• By making unsupported claims without evidence

C E R making claims: Explain the difference between a strong and weak claim in CER reading.

• strong claim is supported by evidence and reasoning, while a weak claim lacks sufficient evidence or reasoning to support it.

• strong claim is based on emotions, while a weak claim is based on logic

• strong claim is vague and unclear, while a weak claim is specific and well-supported

• strong claim is based on personal opinion, while a weak claim is based on facts

Using evidence in CER reading: Give an example of evidence that can be used to support a claim in CER reading.

• Random thoughts or ideas

• Data, facts, quotes, or examples from a text or experiment

• Opinions from friends or family

• Personal beliefs or biases

C E R understanding reasoning: How can you evaluate the strength of the reasoning in a CER reading?

• By accepting the explanation without questioning the evidence

• By ignoring the evidence and focusing only on the claim

• By examining the evidence provided, the logical connections between the evidence and the claim, and the clarity of the explanation.

• By using emotional reasoning instead of logical reasoning

C E R making claims: What are the key components of making a strong claim in CER reading?

• Providing evidence without any reasoning

• Providing clear evidence, reasoning, and making a connection between the evidence and the claim.

• Making a connection between the claim and irrelevant evidence

• Using vague evidence and reasoning

The facts, statistics, examples, and expert opinions from credible sources that support a claim

• Claim (thesis statement)

• Topic

• Reasons/Evidence

• relevant evidence

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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.7.8

The appeal to logic, facts, reasons, data, and evidence to support an argument.

• Logos

• Ethos

• Pathos

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Explanation of evidence and how it supports the claim.

• Justification

• Topic

• Credible Sources

• Claim

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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.7.8

"Sound" evidence is evidence that...

• any evidence from a source

• Cannot be doubted/makes sense to the argument

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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.7.8

Relevant evidence is evidence that...

• Any evidence from any source

• Correlates or backs up a claim

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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.7.8