CER = Claim + Evidence + Reasoning
Answer questions like an expert by providing your CER.
Answer questions like an expert by providing your CER.
CLAIM
Your answer drawn from your observations |
EVIDENCE
Information from a reliable source/ text. |
REASONING
Your explanation o how the evidence supports the claim. |
HOW TO USE CER
CLAIM: State a direct response to the question/prompt.
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EVIDENCE: Provide reliable and specific information that supports the claim.
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REASONING: Explain how the evidence supports the claim.
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Helpful Hints:
Use key words and ideas in the question or prompt as you write your claim. Avoid using openings such as "I think" or "I believe;" they weaken your writing. |
Helpful Hints:
Here are suggested sentence starters: In the text... The text states... According to the passage... One example from the text... The author states... One piece of evidence is... |
Helpful Hints:
This portion must offer new insight, analysis, acknowledgement of connections between ideas, etc. Suggested sentence starter: Based on the evidence, it is concluded that (rephrase claim) because (your analysis). |
More Sentence Starters for Your Reasoning
The most logical conclusion that can be drawn from this evidence is that (rephrase your claim) because (your analysis).
This is significant because (explain significance in a way that directly relates to the claim).
The fact that (rephrase evidence) illustrates that (rephrase your claim) because (your analysis).
These facts work together to build a case that (rephrase claim) because (your analysis).
All of this proves that (rephrase your claim) because (your analysis).
The most logical conclusion that can be drawn from this evidence is that (rephrase your claim) because (your analysis).
This is significant because (explain significance in a way that directly relates to the claim).
The fact that (rephrase evidence) illustrates that (rephrase your claim) because (your analysis).
These facts work together to build a case that (rephrase claim) because (your analysis).
All of this proves that (rephrase your claim) because (your analysis).
Activities to Practice
Pursuit of Happyness and Wonder: What is specific evidence? Practice Quizzes
- Pursuit of Happyness: https://docs.google.com/a/hershey.k12.pa.us/document/d/1sT4Zk5QPjQF2wuQjQljCx3LrTZn1gNL3sciVI792GCo/edit?usp=sharing
- Pursuit of Happyness Practice Quiz Answer Key: https://docs.google.com/a/hershey.k12.pa.us/document/d/1jPTouEp0-GA6xw9ibZV5zf1nvUFCviP7L2mkylbiGpY/edit?usp=sharing