CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.5.1b
The Standard
Provide logically ordered reasons that are supported by facts and details.
Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students give clear reasons for an opinion and arrange them in an order that makes sense. They support every reason with relevant facts and details.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student places evidence under the reason it supports and orders reasons so the argument is easy to follow. Each reason has a relevant fact, example, or detail.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may list facts without showing which reason each fact supports. They may repeat the same reason, use opinions as evidence, or place reasons in a confusing order.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: Write a claim about longer recess, then give two logically ordered reasons with one supporting fact or detail for each.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs claim, reason, and evidence cards to sort into a logical argument, then ask them to explain their order.
Ask students to write which reason should come first in a sample argument and explain why.
Play Evidence Match, where teams pair fact cards with the correct reasons and reject unrelated details.
Use a school lunch proposal to have students order reasons and support each one with menu data or survey results.
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