Claim
What is a claim?
A claim is a debatable opinion about the text/topic stated as a fact.
What is evidence?
Evidence is information that supports/proves your claim
Where reasoning goes in the CER paragraph.
After each Evidence.
What is a Socratic seminar?
Answers differ.
What goes inside a citation for a poem?
line number (and author name)
How are claims formed?
From questions we have about the book
What is directly from a text.
What is reasoning?
Rasoning is an explanation of how your evidence proves your claim?
To demonstrate our understanding
To learn from each others' ideas
To ask and answer questions and think more deeply about a text
What goes inside a citation for prose (short story, article, novel, etc.)
What 3 things must you do in a claim?
Restate and answer the prompt, include a TAG
Two things must you do with evidence?
Quote and cite
What is a 2-part reasoning?
Explains the evidence and connects the evidence to the claim.
What must you do to maintain formal style in writing?
No contractions, no 1st/2nd person, no dead words or slang
Where does the period go in an Evidence sentence?
after the citation ( ).
A claim you could write to answer this prompt using one text we've read this year.
How does community impact an individual?
Differs
Paraphrased evidence from a text we read together that you might use to prove this claim:
People's lives are determined by free will.
Answers will differ
This is your claim:
The theme of the Giver, a novel by Lois Lowry, is that people should always do what's right, even when it's difficult.
How would you reason this E: "He had taken Gabriel too" (208).
answers will differ
How do seminars differ from CER paragraphs?
shorter (only 1 E/R)
you can use first person (I found this on page, I believe, etc.)
What puncutation is used to enclose a citation?
( ) parentheses, NOT [ ] brackets
A claim you could write to answer this prompt using one text we've read this year.
Do fate or free will determine a person's life?
Answer varies
Paraphrased evidence from a text we read together that you might use to prove this claim:
People's lives are determined by fate.
Answers differ.
This is your claim:
The Giver, a novel by Lois Lowry, demonstrates that freedom matters more than safety.
How would you reason this E: "Jonas was stunned. What would happen with all his friends after the Ceremony of 12?" (57).
Answers will differ.
How are seminars similar to CER paragraphs?
must have a claim, E needs to be short, 2/3 rule, etc.
When is it important to include the author's last name in a citation?
When you are analyzing more than 1 text by more than 1 author in a single CER.