Warm Up
• Find your folder and your
ASSIGNED
SEAT
• Turn in your homework and missing work
• Copy below and underline Pronouns
• Welcome to 4th Marking Period. We are
starting over brand new (except for 3rd
hour). Everyone has an “A,” so lets start
off well. I think most students failed last
time because they fell behind.
Claim, Evidence, Reason
Paragraph
An informative writing strategy
Informative Writing
• Formal writing, common in higher
education (high school, and college)
• Designed to give readers the facts about a
topic
• Should have an introductory paragraph
and a conclusion paragraph
Claim, Evidence, Reason
• A structure to help organize body
paragraphs in an informational essay
• Gives an introduction, fact, and logic all
within one paragraph
• Allows the writer to clearly give information
without confusion
Claim
• Claim- state or tell that something is the
case, typically without providing evidence
or proof.
• Similar to a thesis statement
• You are going to tell the reader that
something is true, facts will come next
Evidence
• Evidence- the available body of facts or
information suggesting whether a belief or
claim is true or valid.
• Not an opinion, truth that proves that your
claim is true
• Often includes a statistic or some other
number (but not always)
Reason
• Reason- to form conclusion, judgments or
suggestions from facts or evidence
• Comes after the claim and evidence,
wraps up the paragraph
• Gives your reader a reason to believe you
Example
• Many students struggled during the 4th
marking period. On average my classes
dropped 5% on classwide averages. This
means that classes dropped half a letter
grade. Students struggled with the breaks
in the school year. Hopefully, this leads to
a more focused fourth marking period.
Citing your sources
• It is highly important that you tell your
reader where your facts come from.
• This should be done both in the paragraph
and at the end of the essay/article.
• Making sure your sources are trustworthy
is important as well.
Practice