CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.6.1b
The Standard
Support claim(s) with clear reasons and relevant evidence, using credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic or text.
Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students choose reasons that directly support an argumentative claim. They add specific facts, examples, or quotations from trustworthy sources and explain how each piece fits the topic.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can pair each reason with relevant facts, examples, or quotations from a trustworthy source. The student explains how the evidence supports the claim and shows accurate knowledge of the topic.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may treat any quotation as useful evidence, even when it does not support the reason. They may repeat the claim as a reason or trust a source because it looks polished or appears first online.
How to Assess It
- Give students a claim and two short source excerpts. Ask them to choose the stronger evidence, name one credibility clue, and explain the connection in two sentences.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give groups claim, reason, and evidence cards to match, then have them remove any evidence that is irrelevant or weak.
Ask students to write: Which source best supports the claim, and what makes that source trustworthy?
Play Evidence Court, where teams defend or reject evidence and earn points for specific explanations tied to the claim.
Have students compare two product reviews, check the reviewers’ expertise and evidence, then decide which review should guide a purchase.
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- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.6-8.1b
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- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.7.1
Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
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