How authors support their points
Explain how an author of an informational text uses reasons and evidence to support particular points, evaluating whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient
Share and support
Teaching Table
Set out your lesson
Judge whether reasons actually support a claim and whether enough evidence is given.
Can discuss the supplied example in an accessible mode; adapt directions without supplying the target answer.
Check the learner can follow the model with support before moving on. Source prerequisite ordering is not learner mastery; return to prerequisite work when needed.
Use invented school arguments; their data are givens for reasoning, not real research. Open S first, G together, then T alone; put S and G away before T. Keys stay adult-only. No purchase or printing is required; an unavailable physical observation remains pending, not passed.
Materials are ready in each step. Use them on screen or print just the current step. Put teaching examples aside before the learner tries.
What this lesson covers and its limits
These are bounded opportunities, not learner attainment. Partial and blocked source requirements remain so.
- partial: Explain how an author of an informational text uses reasons and evidence to support particular points, evaluating whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient
Small fictional arguments teach relevance and sufficiency; evaluating real expert claims and source reliability remains pending.
- partial: Identify the key points an author makes in an informational text and list the specific reasons and evidence provided to support each point
Small fictional arguments teach relevance and sufficiency; evaluating real expert claims and source reliability remains pending.
- partial: Evaluate whether the evidence an author uses (facts, statistics, examples, expert opinions) is relevant to the point being made and sufficient to be convincing
Small fictional arguments teach relevance and sufficiency; evaluating real expert claims and source reliability remains pending.
- partial: Distinguish between well-supported claims backed by evidence and unsupported opinions or assertions in an informational text
Small fictional arguments teach relevance and sufficiency; evaluating real expert claims and source reliability remains pending.
- partial: After reading a persuasive article — like one arguing for or against something — can {{name}} identify the reasons the author gives and say whether each one is convincing and well-supported?
Small fictional arguments teach relevance and sufficiency; evaluating real expert claims and source reliability remains pending.
Small fictional arguments teach relevance and sufficiency; evaluating real expert claims and source reliability remains pending.
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Check understanding
- Identify the key points an author makes in an informational text and list the specific reasons and evidence provided to support each point
- Evaluate whether the evidence an author uses (facts, statistics, examples, expert opinions) is relevant to the point being made and sufficient to be convincing
- Distinguish between well-supported claims backed by evidence and unsupported opinions or assertions in an informational text
“After reading a persuasive article — like one arguing for or against something — can your child identify the reasons the author gives and say whether each one is convincing and well-supported?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- English
- Domain
- Reading Comprehension
- Age range
- Ages 9–10
Standards