C.E.R.R.C.C – ClaimE – EvidenceR – ReasoningR – Rebuttal C – Conclusion

Assessment WritingThis will be my way to determining what

you have learned and your ability for application.

ClaimWhen making a claim you need to make sure you:• Take a strong and clear stance.• Do so briefly and yet boldly.• Think of this as a topic sentence that is

targeted at the question.

EvidenceWhen writing, your opinion will not always be enough. Remember (evidence vs. speculation)• You need to provide: Examples, data, proven

facts to make your claim and your essay valid. (Use your notes)

• Otherwise it is just a blog post amongst millions

ReasoningFor this element your task should be to remove all assumptions.• Walk your reader exactly where you want

them to go. • Explain how your evidence and claim are

connected and how they develop an answer to the major question.

Rebuttal

For this aspect you need to play “Devils Advocate”.• Think of the strongest argument your

opposition could make against your claim.• Not just any argument will do.• Then provide a counter-argument that

refutes this and thus further strengthens your claim.

ConclusionReinforce you claim. • Once you have laid all the evidence on the

table remind your reader of your main point• Leave the reader with the most important

thing you want them to remember.• Making things neat and brief is often better

than long wordy sentences.

C.E.R.R.C.Possible Questions

Choose 1

• “With all deliberate Speed” Discuss the S.C. decision to integrate schools in this way.

• What characteristic is most vital to the advancement of any civil rights movement, then or now?

• Choose a demographic of the population that continues to fight for civil/equal rights. Discuss.

“With all deliberate Speed” Discuss the S.C. decision to integrate schools in this way.

Vocabulary• Plessy v. Fergusson• Brown v. Board• Little Rock Nine• Arkansas• Integration• “Separate but Equal”

What characteristic is most vital to the advancement of any civil rights movement, then or now?

Vocabulary• Sit-ins• Bus Boycotts• Malcolm X• Martin Luther King Jr.• Freedom Riders• Civil Disobedience• United Farm Workers / A.I.M. / Black Panthers

Choose a demographic of the population that continues to fight for civil/equal rights. Discuss.

Vocabulary• Racism• Segregation• Integration• Women/Natives/Latino-Hispanic

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Requirements

• 3 paragraphs (5-7 sentences each)• 24 points possible• Claim – 4 points• Evidence - 4 points• Reasoning – 4 points• Rebuttal – 4 points• Conclusion - 4 points• Spelling & Grammar - 4 points

Grading Continued

• 4 – Mastery• 3 – Successful• 2 – Satisfactory• 1 – Needs improvement • 0 – Lacking / Missing