NY Next Generation ELA 6W1.b
The Standard
Support claim(s) with clear reasons and relevant evidence, using credible sources while demonstrating an understanding of the topic or text.
New York State Next Generation English Language Arts Learning Standards
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence from credible sources. Their explanation shows understanding of the topic or text.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Each reason advances the claim, and each evidence choice is relevant and credible. The student explains how evidence supports reasoning instead of dropping quotations into the draft.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may equate any published source with credibility. They may stack facts without explaining their relationship to the claim.
How to Assess It
- Provide a claim and three sources of varied credibility. Ask students to choose evidence, write one reason-evidence paragraph, and explain the source choice.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Sort source and evidence cards by credibility, relevance, and claim fit.
Ask students what makes one source more credible for this topic.
Play Evidence Match with claims, reasons, quotations, and explanations.
Support a school improvement proposal with credible local evidence.
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Related Standards
- 4R8
Explain how claims in a text are supported by relevant reasons and evidence.
- 7W1.b
Support claim(s) with logical reasoning and relevant evidence, using credible sources while demonstrating an understanding of the topic or text.
- 7W1
Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
- 8W1.b
Support claim(s) with logical reasoning and relevant evidence, using credible sources while demonstrating an understanding of the topic or text.
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