Activity 5a

Connecticut Core Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy

Systems of Professional LearningModule 3 Grades 6–12: Supporting all Students in Writing and Research

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Progression Towards Writing with Evidence

Close Reading

Using seed texts and TDQs as

springboards for exploring topics

Creating Claims

Using inquiry to make a claim and

refine and deepen

understanding around a topic

The Writing Process

Finding, analyzing, and communicating

evidence effectively

through writing

What is an Evidence-based Claim?

Clearly stated inference that arises from close reading of a text(s)

Supported

by specific textual

evidence and

developed through valid reasoning

Evidence-based Claim

Making Evidence-based Claims

Forming

Making

Organizing

Writing

http://odelleducation.com/literacy-curriculum

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Helping Students Make ClaimsComes from student inquiry and reading multiple sourcesTeach Students how to:

Prepare to read with purposeCollect evidenceMake a claimConsider counterclaims and address

Now, review the Odell Education materials (in the Appendix of your Participant Guide) with a partner. Discuss how these charts can support students in making claims.

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Addressing the counterclaim…

Refutes or proves wrong, another point

Recognizes other possible points of view or claims

Lends credence to the writer’s claims

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Activity 5a: Writing ClaimsActivity 5a: Viewing a Video and Having a “Written Conversation”

1. View the video and take notes in your Notepad for these questions: How does the teacher prepare students to create a claim from multiple sources? How does she provide specific feedback? How is collaboration used to push students’ thinking? How does the Odell Claim Template help to support students?

2. Identify a partner for a “Written Conversation.”3. Write simultaneous communications to one another about the video. 4. At the facilitator’s signal, trade notes. This is done in silence. 5. When the facilitator gives the signal, you can talk out loud with your partner. 6. Be prepared to volunteer a thread of your conversation.Video: Developing a Claim Using Two Informational Texts. http://www.engageny.org/resource/common-core-instruction-developing-a-claim-using-two-informational-texts

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