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aCTIvITy 3.4
Support the Sport? Creating Support with reasons and evidence
learNING STraTeGIeS:
Activating Prior Knowledge, Predicting, Diffusing, Rereading, Paraphrasing, Marking the Text
aCademIC voCabUlary
Reasons are the points that
explain why the author is making
a certain claim. Evidence is more
specifically the facts, details,
and information that support the
reasons for the claim.
online article
Word CoNNeCTIoNS
Cognates
The Spanish cognate for violent is violento.
my Notes
Learning Targets
• Identify reasons and evidence in a text and analyze how they support claims.
• Participate in an effective debate by using evidence from texts, contributing ideas clearly, and responding to others’ ideas.
Reasons and Evidence
A claim should be backed up with support. A writer can support his or her viewpoint with reasons and evidence. Reasons are the points or opinions the writer gives to show why his or her claim should be accepted. In writing, each reason often acts as the topic sentence of a paragraph.
Evidence is a more specific type of support. Several kinds of evidence, such as facts, statistics, examples, observations, quotations, and expert opinions, can be used to support reasons. Sometimes people believe that their reasons should be sufficient to win an argument, but arguments without evidence are just personal opinions. Argumentative speakers and writers should attempt to use both reasons and evidence to be most effective.
Preview
In this activity, you will read three news articles on sports safety and analyze the arguments in them.
Setting a Purpose for Reading
• As you read the following news article, use different colors to mark the text for the reasons and evidence provided for both sides of the argument.
• Circle unknown words and phrases. Try to determine the meaning of the words by using context clues, word parts, or a dictionary.
Should Dodge Ball Be Banned in Schools
by Staff of TIME for Kids
1 For years, the old playground game of dodge ball has been taking a hit. Some say it is too violent. But others say it teaches kids important skills, such as quick decision-making.
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