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 # ___

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?

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.

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?

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!

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!

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

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

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?

Claim: “My Dad is an Alien” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQTsue0lKB k Let’s fill out a chart together…

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

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)

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

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

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

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