Making Claims and Finding Evidence
This 2-page packet guides 9th graders in making claims and finding textual evidence, using chapters 2, 4, and 7 of Trevor Noah's 'Born a Crime.' It includes specific claims for students to analyze and prompts to help them locate supporting evidence within the text.
“Activity: Making a claim and finding evidence this should be for born a crime chapters 2,4,7. give students 3 diffrernt claims for them to ttqa and then guidence on how to hunt for evidence in the book. I have attached a copy of the book for you to give good guidence for the hunt. what do you need from me ?”
Teacher Guide & Tips
- Use this activity after students have read chapters 2, 4, and 7 of 'Born a Crime.'
- Discussion question: How does the evidence you found strengthen or weaken the initial claim?
- For struggling readers, provide sentence frames for constructing their claims and identifying evidence.
- Advanced students can be challenged to find counter-evidence or to formulate their own claims based on the chapters.
- Estimated time: 45-60 minutes.
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Try Diffit for free“Activity: Making a claim and finding evidence this should be for born a crime chapters 2,4,7. give students 3 diffrernt claims for them to ttqa and then guidence on how to hunt for evidence in the book. I have attached a copy of the book for you to give good guidence for the hunt. what do you need from me ?”
Teacher Guide & Tips
- Use this activity after students have read chapters 2, 4, and 7 of 'Born a Crime.'
- Discussion question: How does the evidence you found strengthen or weaken the initial claim?
- For struggling readers, provide sentence frames for constructing their claims and identifying evidence.
- Advanced students can be challenged to find counter-evidence or to formulate their own claims based on the chapters.
- Estimated time: 45-60 minutes.
Making Claims and Finding Evidence
This 2-page packet guides 9th graders in making claims and finding textual evidence, using chapters 2, 4, and 7 of Trevor Noah's 'Born a Crime.' It includes specific claims for students to analyze and prompts to help them locate supporting evidence within the text.
What is Diffit?
Teachers use Diffit to get quality materials for their unique classrooms. Adjust difficulty, add scaffolds, or change the topic to get started.
Try Diffit for free