Unit 2: Making Evidence-Based Claims
Making Evidence-Based Claims ELA/Literacy Units empower students
with a critical reading and writing skill at the heart of the Common Core:
making evidence-based claims about complex texts. These units are part of the
Developing Core Proficiencies Program.
The instruction is organized in five sections:
1. Understanding Evidence-Based Claims
2. Making Evidence-Based Claims
3. Organizing Evidence-Based Claims
4. Writing Evidence-Based Claims
5. Developing Evidence-Based Writing
The pieces for study include:
The Nobel Peace Prize speeches of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and
President Barack Obama
"Because I could not stop for Death"
"Home Burial"
with a critical reading and writing skill at the heart of the Common Core:
making evidence-based claims about complex texts. These units are part of the
Developing Core Proficiencies Program.
The instruction is organized in five sections:
1. Understanding Evidence-Based Claims
2. Making Evidence-Based Claims
3. Organizing Evidence-Based Claims
4. Writing Evidence-Based Claims
5. Developing Evidence-Based Writing
The pieces for study include:
The Nobel Peace Prize speeches of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and
President Barack Obama
"Because I could not stop for Death"
"Home Burial"