1. Admit Slip 9/15/14 Pass in your homework!!
Choose one of the sentence starters below and make a claim (in journal!).
The best movie is ______________________.
The greatest musical artist (solo or group) is ________________.
The greatest (choose one) football/hockey/baseball/basketball player is _______________.
Date:
9/15/14
Topic:
Claim-Evidence-Reasoning
Page # ___

2. Date:
9/15/14
Topic:
Claim-Evidence-Reasoning
Page # ___
Today in Room 326…
ADMIT SLIP: Pick a sentence starter and make a claim
HW: C-E-R practice worksheet
CONTENT OBJ: SW use evidence and reasoning to support their claims
LANG. OBJ: SW write a scientific explanation
ANNOUNCEMENTS: If you did not turn in your HW, I will see you after school!
AGENDA:
Admit slip discussion
Introduce CER (definitions/flowchart)
CER video examples
Murder Mystery
EXIT SLIP: How is CER relevant to science?

3. What’s a “claim?” A concluding statement that answers a question*
Usually one sentence in length
Accurate and specific
Example:
Question: Who is the greatest person ever?
Claim: Ms. Gately Is the greatest person ever.

4. What did you claim? Admit slip share out
What are some follow-up questions to any claim?
Why do you think that?
How do you know?
What is your evidence?

5. Other claims? EVIDENCE! Global warming Energy drinks Bottled water
Diets
Axe body spray
Airborne
Organic food
Vaccinations
“2012”
Sketchers “shape-ups”
Vitamins
Car insurance
Balance bracelets
Weight loss meds
How can we VALIDATE a claim?
EVIDENCE!

7. JOURNALS OUT! Take notes!
What is “evidence” ??
Evidence is all the data that supports your claim*
Evidence must be sufficient (enough) and relevant to your claim*
Not all data is evidence! (Example?)
Data must be from a reliable source*
Important to have MORE THAN ONE piece of evidence! (Why?)
Makes your argument stronger!

8. What comes after evidence?
Make a claim, provide a fact (evidence)… that’s it?
REASONING*
Explanation that connects your claim to the evidence
Shows that you have an understanding of the relationship between the evidence and your claim

9. CER = Claim-Evidence-Reasoning
Formula for advancing an argument!
(Flowchart may help…)

12. Life on Mars? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHLbXTOaw7w
What are these scientists curious about? What do they want to know?
What data will the rover collect?
How will this data help scientists answer- make claims about- their questions?

13. Claim: “My Dad is an Alien”k
Let’s fill out a chart together…

15. Now, copy this chart into your notebook
(Take up a full page)

17. Now, let’s put your CER skills to the test
For this class, you are private detectives, asked to solve a murder mystery case.
You must make a claim (Answer: How did he die?), find evidence to support your claim, and provide reasoning to link the evidence/claim
We’ll do the first one together (scenario 1)

19. Your Own Scenario
Fill out the chart in your journal for your given scenario. Be prepared to share.

20. Groups provide their CER for their assigned scenario
Let’s hear ‘em!
Groups provide their CER for their assigned scenario

21. Exit Ticket: Relevance
Why is CER important in science?
C-E-R is a great way to advance a SCIENTIFIC ARGUMENT as well. It is what all scientific discoveries were built on.
In all of your writing assignments for this year, you should use this formula to support your argument

22. Complete the practice worksheet Due tomorrow!
Homework
Complete the practice worksheet Due tomorrow!