EXPLANATIONS & ARGUMENTS by Joanne Price

joanneprice1 — 2025-03-06 17:12:52 UTC

Claim: What does a claim look like? What is included in a claim? What descriptors could be included in a rubric that assesses mastery of the claim? What scaffolds or strategies can be used to teach a claim that supports all students?

joanneprice1 — 2025-03-06 17:15:26 UTC

Evidence: What does evidence look like? What is included in evidence (i.e., transitional words and phrases, citations, quote/paraphrasing, etc.)? What descriptors could be included in a rubric that assesses mastery of the evidence? What scaffolds or strategies can be used to teach citing evidence that supports all students?

joanneprice1 — 2025-03-06 17:18:37 UTC

Reasoning: What does reasoning look like? What is included in their reasoning (i.e., transitional words and phrases, connection to the claim, elaboration of their thoughts, etc.)? What descriptors could be included in a rubric that assesses mastery of the reasoning? What scaffolds or strategies can be used to teach reasoning that supports all students?

joanneprice1 — 2025-03-06 17:22:06 UTC

Grammar & Mechanics: What are the writing grammatical & mechanical expectations (i.e., punctuation, capitalization, use or non-use of personal & collective pronouns, spelling, use of contractions, etc.)?

joanneprice1 — 2025-03-06 17:27:11 UTC

Prompt: Should we have a uniformed name for the "prompt" (i.e., central question, prompt, question, etc)?

joanneprice1 — 2025-03-06 17:27:49 UTC

Misc.: Please add any comments, suggestions, solutions, or things to consider that are not addressed in other posts (i.e., opportunities for peer editing, prewriting, multimodal assessments, etc.).

2025-03-07 22:03:04 UTC

Reasoning

Explaining for informational purpose why the evidence supports the claims. Emphasizing the why and the how. Explains how the fact matters.

Deyo wonders if you can shuffle CER order in an argumentative essay vs an informational essay?

Sentence frames “this shows” “why does this makes sense” “it is apparent that or clearly, the data shows”
Reference to subject matter concepts properly. Ie. vocabulary, laws and theories, formulas.
The GIST 5Ws +H. Sentence starters “My answer is this, because….” Demonstrations; peer to peer instructions, peer to peer critique, guiding questions, meet them where they are and give them tools (frames, starters, visuals)