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BLOG POST: Looking for fun video clips you can use to introduce and practice claim, evidence, and reasoning skills? Check out this blog post that includes a bunch of fun links!

This writing workshop mini-lesson gives students examples of disconnected commentary and evidence. It shows students how this can occur in literary analysis writing and then gives examples that correct the issue by showcasing connected commentary-evidence.Disconnected commentary occurs when a writer does not explain the textual evidence selected and, instead, strays to another claim, a new point, or another piece of evidence. The disconnected analysis causes the writer to skip over...

Readers of the article will be able to define a claim, identify appropriate student evidences, understand how students justify the evidence that supports the claim within their reasoning, and how to implement the CER strategy into classroom labs.

Readers of the article will be able to define a claim, identify appropriate student evidences, understand how students justify the evidence that supports the claim within their reasoning, and how to implement the CER strategy into classroom labs.

Claim and Evidence Anchor Chart

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Not sure how to help your APLang students establish a line of reasoning in their argument and synthesis essay writing? Help your students banish writer's block on the AP Language and Composition exam by using these brainstorming thinking structures that guarantee a line of reasoning in their persuasive writing. If you've ever wondered how to move your students past the formulaic, five-paragraph essay, these strategies and collaborative activities will teach your students how to plan a more...

Justify the claims using evidence and reasoning in the middle and high school classrooms using our Claim Evidence Reasoning Templates. Feel free to download and print for free.

While writing our literary analysis essays, I noticed my students struggled with introducing their textual evidence. They just kind of plopped it in without introducing it or setting up the context of the evidence. To fix this up, today when we revised our draft for transitions, I threw in some teaching about transitions to use to introduce textual evidence. It definitely helped! #middleschoolela #iteachmiddle

Originally conceived as a method for dissecting the work of professional writers, SOAPSTone provides a concrete strategy to help students identify and use these central components as a basis for their own writing. SOAPSTone (Speaker, Occasion, Audience, Purpose, Subject, Tone) is an acronym for a series of questions that students must first ask themselves, and then answer, as they begin to plan their responses to expository text. -Included: 1. PPT Presentation 2. Youtube Video Link

Evidence Claim Reasoning or CER is a skill for all subjects. In ELA, students read to find the CER in a passage or text.

Hang this poster up in your classroom to display what AEC stands for (Assertion, Evidence, Commentary) and how students should write each part for short analyses.

Do your students struggle with citing text evidence to support their answers?These engaging worksheets simplify the process. With targeted worksheets designed for 3rd graders, this set focuses on teaching students how to identify and write answers to questions using evidence from nonfiction texts. Heres Why Youre Going to Love Using This Resource: Improves Comprehension: Teaches students to find and cite text evidence effectively. Engages Learners: Interactive and thought-provoking content...

Help your students with their scientific writing by using this CER (claim, evidence, reasoning) digital template. There are two different versions that you can use over and over again.