Lesson 4: Claim Evidence Reasoning
Duration of Days: 1
Lesson Objective
Students will use the Claim Evidence Reading writing response format to defend a claim after observing data.
Students will write one concise statement as a claim in response to a teacher given question.
Students will differentiate between data referenced in the evidence section and conclusions drawn in the reasoning section.
What data supports your claim?
How do you know something is evidence?
How can you differentiate between evidence statements and reasoning statements?
Are CERs meant to be persuasive?
Claim
Evidence
Reasoning
Data
Analyzing Data
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Students will develop their argumentation based on evidence skills.
Discerning data
Forming arguments based on evidence
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Sentence starters
Modeling
Any of the CER writing prompts
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