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Writing Claim & Evidence Paragraphs
Connected by Reasoning
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Slide2Claims, Reasoning & Evidence
Slide3Evidence is ALWAYS
for (or against) something
! Example Statistic: 74% of high school students read at a minimum of an 8th grade level.
Evidence & Reasoning
American schools are failing!
According to a new national study, 26%, or, in other words, 1 in every 4 high school students, cannot read at a 9th grade level
. If 1 in 4 people in the country had a disease, we would call it an epidemic of mass proportions!
Slide4Reasoning Matters
Slide5Questions to Develop Reasoning
Slide6Example: Reasoning Matters
Weak use of evidence
Stronger use of reasoned evidence
Today
, we are too self-centered. Most families no longer sit down to eat together, preferring instead to eat on the go while rushing to the next appointment (
Gleick
148). Everything is about what we want.
Today
, Americans are too self-centered. Even our families don't matter as much
anymore.
Other people and activities take precedence. In fact,
evidence
shows
most
American families no longer eat together, preferring
to eat on the go (Gleick 148). Sit-down meals are a time to share and connect with others; however, that connection has become less valued, as families begin to prize individual activities over shared time, promoting self-centeredness over group identity.
Think, Pair, Share – What makes the left statement weak?
Slide7Claim: Hybrid cars are an effective strategy to fight pollution.
Evidence
1: Driving a private car is a typical citizen's most air polluting activity.
Evidence
2: Each vehicle produced is going to stay on the road for roughly 12 to 15 years.
Evidence
3: Hybrid cars combine a gasoline engine with a battery-powered electric motor.
Practice: Reasoning Matters
Think, Pair, Share – What reasoning could be used for each piece of evidence?
Slide8Claim: Hybrid cars are an effective strategy to fight pollution.
Evidence
1: Driving a private car is a typical citizen's most air polluting activity. Reasoning 1
: Because cars are the largest source of private, as opposed to industry produced, air pollution switching to hybrid cars should have an impact on fighting pollution.
Evidence
2: Each vehicle produced is going to stay on the road for roughly 12 to 15 years.
Reasoning
2: Cars generally have a long lifespan, meaning that a decision to switch to a hybrid car will make a long-term impact on pollution levels.
Evidence
3: Hybrid cars combine a gasoline engine with a battery-powered electric motor.
Reasoning
3: This combination of technologies means that less carbon pollution is produced.
Possible Responses: Reasoning Matters