Claim
In a paragraph, this is the sentence that tells your reader what you think or what you are trying to say.
What is the claim?
This part of your paragraph tells your reader why your claim is true or why you think it.
What is the reason?
This is a word-for-word piece of the text that a writer uses in their paragraph.
What is evidence?
This is the last sentence of your paragraph.
What is conclusion?
This is the person who gets to decide whether your answer is correct, even when you are very confident that it is.
Who is Ms. Newman?
When your teacher gives you a writing question or prompt, your claim should do this.
What is answer the prompt or writing question?
If claim answers the question, your reason does this
What is justify your reason?
When you use evidence from a text, you should put these marks around the author’s exact words.
What is quotation mark?
The conclusion comes at this point in your paragraph.
What is the end?
This is what you are supposed to come into class and immediately start doing quietly and independently?
What is your entry task?
This sentence should always include the claim.
What is the first sentence?
Which sentence is a reason?
A. Lorde uses repetition to show that the speaker feels alone.
B. The repetition shows how often the speaker thinks about her mother being unavailable.
C. How does Lorde use repetition?
D. “Momma’s in the bedroom with the door closed.”
What is B?
After giving evidence, a writer should do this.
What is give evidence?
A conclusion should remind your reader of this without copying your claim word-for-word.
What is your main idea?
This holiday is the reason we have no school on Monday.
What is Labor Day?
Which sentence could be used as a claim for this prompt:
“How does repetition develop the theme in ‘Hanging Fire’?”
A. How does repetition develop the theme?
B. Lorde uses repetition to show that the speaker feels alone and unheard.
C. I am going to talk about repetition.
D. Repetition.
What is B
True or False: Reason comes after evidence?
What is False?
A writer needs to include this in parenthesis after a quote.
What is a citation?
A strong conclusion should do this instead of suddenly introducing a completely new idea.
What is wrap up the main idea?
This word means the process of changing from a child to an adult.
What is adolescence?
You should never do this when writing a claim.
The reason comes after your claim and helps your reader understand your __________.
What is thinking?
Which sentence is the best explanation for this evidence?
Evidence: “Nobody even stops to think / about my side of it.”
A. This is a quote from the poem.
B. This shows that the speaker feels ignored because nobody takes the time to understand her feelings.
C. The speaker is fourteen years old.
D. This happens in the middle of the poem.
What is B?
Which sentence would make the best conclusion for a paragraph about “Hanging Fire”?
A. Lorde uses repetition to emphasize the speaker’s loneliness.
B. “Momma’s in the bedroom with the door closed.”
C. Overall, Lorde shows how feeling alone and unheard can make the challenges of adolescence feel even more overwhelming.
D. The speaker is fourteen years old.
What is C?
This is Ms. Newman's favorite drink during the school day.
What is coke zero?