CER Drafting Tool

CLAIM Sentence Starters Draft Section I.

 State the answer to a I intend to show________________.

question
I know _________ is true because _____________.
 State what you will I determined that ___________.
prove with the evidence
I believe that ______.
 Provide relevant
background information The cause of _______ is ______________.

Scientists have proven that ___________.

I support the idea that _______.

The factors that contribute to _____________ are

_______________.

EVIDENCE Sentence Starters Draft Section I1.

 Demonstrate The author/article states that __________.

understanding
On page _____, the text says ________.
 Give evidence from the According to pg.______, I know that ____.
text An example from the text is __________.

 Cite the author/article One way to prove ____________ is by looking

at/analyzing/citing _________________.
 Give an example
I know my claim is true because
___________________.

REASONING Sentence Starters Draft Section 111.

 Connect evidence to your My evidence supports my claim by ________.

claim As you can see by my evidence, ___________.

 Explain how your The facts clearly indicate ____________.

evidence supports your The facts that _____________ shows that
claim _________.

The evidence above means that ______________.

This evidence implies that __________________.

This evidence proves ________________

because____________.

Modified by Jessica Clark. Original by:

Constructing Meaning: Explicit Language for Content Instruction Levy

& Dutro
 2008/E.L.Achieve