- English Language Arts and Reading
- Grade 4
- Multiple genres
recognize characteristics and structures of argumentative text by:
explaining how the author has used facts for an argument; and
A teacher may wish to pair SE 4.9.E.i with SE 4.9.E.ii and assess them together. With SE 4.9.E.i, students identify the claim in an argumentative text. Have students work with a partner to read a text in which someone is arguing a point and determine the claim made in the text. Once students have clearly established the claim, have them read the text again and identify how the author has used facts to support and oppose the argument.
This SE requires students to recognize the facts used by the author to support an argument. Students should recognize the different positions presented in a text in order to explain how the author uses evidence to support an argument.