Evidence & Explanation November 24, 2015

Announcements Bookmarks for chapters 16-21- Please make correction under Part 1 Quiz- All students who did not finish the quiz need to finish today at lunch- this is the only opporunity! Research Card Grades-

Research Topic & Subheadings & Topic Sentences They are related more than you think! Look at the example -- Research Topic-- Social Justice in Education Subheading-- Urban Youth Population Topic Sentence--The current educational system in the United States presents an inequality in the education of urban youth in schools. Go through your template and label your subheadings and write your topic sentences.

Evidence Provides facts that support your topic sentence All evidence presented in this paragraph is about your subheading! Subheading-- Urban Youth Population Evidence-- “[...] a team of prevention scientists at Arizona State University demonstrates that a family-focused intervention program for middle-school Mexican American children leads to fewer dropout rates and lower rates of alcohol and illegal drug use”

Explanation DO NOT restate evidence, explain further... Provides Commentary- be careful not to paraphrase here-- if you do, do so sparingly and you MUST provide internal citations. Sometimes you can support your analysis with another quote. Professors want to hear your analysis, not someone else’s Example: This specific intervention allowed parents and teachers to address the underlying issue that was keeping these students from being successful in the classroom. Proper targeted intervention is the key to success in urban youth populations whose percent of dropping out of school is measured at 50%, 20% more than the average rate of dropouts (“Drop-out rate” 6).

Evidence & Explanation Your turn--- Look at your gathered evidence. Does it match your subheading? Is it good evidence? Does it provide enough facts for you to support your topic? Now Explain your evidence and provide analysis (how does it demonstrate your topic?)

Transition Sentences Provides a link between the evidence before and the evidence after OR School communities provide opportunities for all students to learn to “walk without having feet”, to learn to “breathe fresh air” by believing in and supporting their needs and to provide a place where students always know they are cared for (Shakur). Provides a closure to the paragraph The inequality lies within the words ALL and SUPPORT, for all urban youth deserve to have an equal chance at success.