1. Claim-Evidence and Reasoning

2. Today you have a sub. Please use this PowerPoint to complete the next section of notes called Claim-Evidence-Reasoning.
You will be given pages to cut and paste into your notebook.
Read after you paste.
Follow the directions on each slide.

3. Place the following 3 definitions in the notebook
REASONING
What about the evidence convinced you?
Ties together the claim and the evidence
Shows how or why the data count as evidence to support the claim
Provides the justification for why this evidence is important to this claim
Answers what it was about the evidence that convinced you
Provides logical explanation of how the evidence supports the claim.
CLAIM
An opinionated statement
Statement about the results of an investigation
It answers with: “What can you conclude?”
Something you think is true or false
In an article – it is the writer’s opinion
EVIDENCE
All of the scientific data that supports your claim
An idea that supports your claim
Whatever made you think your claim was true or false
Describes the details you see
EVIDENCE MUST BE:
Sufficient – there must be enough to support the claim.
Appropriate – only use data that supports the claim. Leave out information that doesn’t support the claim.
Qualitative – using the senses or
Quantitative – measurable, using numbers

4. Place the 3 simplified definitions in the notebook
Claim- a statement that answers the investigation question
Evidence –the analyzed data that supports the claim
Reasoning – an argument that shows how the evidence supports the claim

5. Add to notebook, then read

6. Paste part 2 of the previous slide as seen below.

7. An example of Claim-Evidence-Reasoning using a leaf
An example of Claim-Evidence-Reasoning using a leaf. Paste into notebook

8. After pasting this into your notebook, use claim-evidence and reasoning (C-E-R) to answer the question: Is this cat going up or down? Answer under the picture. Discuss with classmates. Who is right?

9. C-E-R and The Battle of Yorktown

10. Read the following:
Joseph Griffith’s, “The Surrender”, was painted for the 225th anniversary of the Battle of Yorktown (September 28, 1781 – October 19, 1781). The Battle of Yorktown ended with British forces surrendering to American and French forces. It was the last major engagement of the Revolutionary War.'’
You will use this painting to practice C-E-R

11. Use your viewing of the following painting to answer the questions on the following slides (get the worksheet from the sub)

13. What did you observe in this painting?
Observations (data)
What did you observe in this painting?

14. What is the meaning of this picture?D
Claim:
What is the meaning of this picture?

15. List evidence (from your data)
Reasoning:
(Connects evidence to the claim)