Name: _______________________________________
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SUPPORTING ARTICLE NOTETAKING ORGANIZER
Article title and author: ____________________________________________________________________
Source: ____________________________________________________________________________
What is the author’s primary/main claim (overall argument)? How do you know? Provide at least two pieces of evidence
from the article to prove this (diction, detail choice, balance of argument)
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What are two ways in which the author supports his/her claim? Reasons why the author believes that his or her main claim is valid
Support/Reason One
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TEXT EVIDENCE
Quote, Paraphrase, or
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Summary
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How will the
evidence above
prove the
reason and
main claim?
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How will the
evidence above
prove the
reason and
main claim?
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Support/Reason Two
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TEXT EVIDENCE
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Quote, Paraphrase, or
Summary
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How will the
evidence above
prove the
reason and
main claim?
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How will the
evidence above
prove the
reason and
main claim?
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Name: _______________________________________
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COUNTERCLAIM NOTETAKING ORGANIZER
STEP ONE: OPPOSITION ARGUMENT
(AN ARGUMENT THAT GOES AGAINST YOUR STANCE)
STEP TWO: REBUTTAL ARGUMENT
(THE ARGUMENT YOU WILL USE TO DISPROVE THE
COUNTERCLAIM ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS ORGANIZER)
Article title:____________________________________
Source:________________________________________
Article title:____________________________________
Source:________________________________________
What is the author’s primary/main claim (overall argument)?
How do you know? Provide at least two pieces of evidence
from the article to prove this (diction, detail choice, balance of
argument)
What is the author’s primary/main claim (overall argument)?
How do you know? Provide at least two pieces of evidence from
the article to prove this (diction, detail choice, balance of
argument)
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What is one way in which the author supports his/her claim?
Reasons why the author believes that his or her main claim is
valid?
What is one way in which the author supports his/her claim?
Reasons why the author believes that his or her main claim is
valid?
Support/Reason for counterclaim
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Support/Reason for Rebuttal
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TEXT EVIDENCE
Quote, Paraphrase, or
Summary
TEXT EVIDENCE
Quote, Paraphrase, or
Summary
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How will the
evidence above
prove the
counterclaim?
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How will the
evidence above
prove the
counterclaim?
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How will the
evidence
above
disprove the
counterclaim
?
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How will the
evidence
above
disprove the
counterclaim
?