Lesson 19: Claims and Evidence
Duration of Days: 3
Lesson Objective
Students will develop an understanding of what a strong claim is and how evidence is used to support the claim.
Is the evidence specific?
Does the claim support your argument?
Evidence types:
Facts
Statistics
Quotes
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.7.1.a
DOK Level 3
Anchor charts
Sentence starters
Practice of strong vs. weak claims
Claim and evidence identification
See NoRedInk for opinion and argumentative writing resources.