1. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS HOW DO I MAKE MEANING FROM MY EXPERIENCE? HOW DOES A READER MAKE MEANING OF A TEXT? HOW DO INFORMATIVE AND PERSUASIVE WRITERS SUCCESSFULLY COMMUNICATE THEIR MEANING?

2. EBC Evidence-Based Claim

3. Parts of an EBC (1) CLAIM A conclusion or assertion or thesis based on evidence

4. Parts of an EBC (2) EVIDENCE Experience-based: specific events, detailed description Fact-based: numbers, current consensus about what’s true Authority-based: exemplar, expert opinion

5. Parts of an EBC (3) BASIS: The REASONING that links EVIDENCE & CLAIM

6. REASONING MARKERS: “BECAUSE”: cause & effect “LIKE,” “UNLIKE,” “AS”: compare/contrast; analogy “KIND,” “MEMBER”: classification “IF…SO,” “THEN”: inductive or deductive inference

7. Be an EBC Detective What’s the CLAIM? Is it clear or fuzzy? What’s the EVIDENCE? Is there enough? Is it unbiased? What’s the line of reasoning? Is it straightforward or tricky?