Claim-Evidence-Reasoning

=Claim Evidence Reasoning=

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How to Write a CER Essay [|Organizing the Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning] [|Writing the Actual CER essay from Organizer] Identify the Claim, Evidence, & Reasoning __Claim__ -Statement that answers the question or problem; the main idea. __Evidence__ -The facts/data/definitions/info used to support the __ Claim __. __ Reasoning __ -explanation of the logic behind why the __ Evidence __ supports the __ Claim __. The reasoning connects the __ Claim __ to the __ Evidence __.

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__ Claim __ -your answer __ Evidence __ -your data (definitions, facts, and info) __ Reasoning __ -because ?

[|CER Sentences]
 * || Question 1: What is better for a house pet, a poodle or a wolf? ||
 * || Question 2: What is better for surviving in the rainforest, an ax or a knife? ||
 * || Question 3: What is better to supply students to write with by a school, normal Number 2 pencils or technical pencils? ||
 * || Question 4: What is better for cleaning, a mop or a sponge? ||
 * || Question 5: What is better for a school lunch, cooked straight pasta or cooked elbow pasta? ||
 * 1 || A poodle is a better house pet than a wolf. ||
 * 2 || Wild is defined how an animal behaves in nature to meet its needs and not the needs of people. ||
 * 3 || Wolves might go to the bathroom in a house. ||
 * 4 || A knife is better for surviving in a rainforest. ||
 * 5 || Jaguar is an animal in the rainforest that hunts for other animals to eat. ||
 * 6 || A knife can be used to sharpen sticks to protect you from animals in the rainforest. ||
 * 7 || Number 2 pencils are simpler to make and cost less than Technical pencils. ||
 * 8 || A mop needs a bucket to remove dirty water from the mop and replace with clean water. ||
 * 9 || Elbow pasta is better. ||
 * 10 || Elbow pasta cooks quickly. ||
 * 11 || People who go out to dinner who like Italian cuisine eat cooked straight pasta. ||
 * 12 || An axe is not easy to carry in the rainforest. ||
 * 13 || A wolf is a worse house pet than a poodle. ||
 * 14 || A knife is a small tool with a sharp edge and a point. ||
 * 15 || The rainforest has many wild animals. ||
 * 16 || Number 2 pencils are better to supply to students in a school. ||
 * 17 || Number 2 pencils are made of wood, lead, and have a built in eraser ||
 * 18 || I feel Number 2 pencils are better since you can buy many Number 2 pencils for the price of one Technical pencil. ||
 * 19 || I feel that a sponge is better at cleaning than a mop. ||
 * 20 || Macaroni and Cheese needs less time to cook. ||
 * 21 || Spaghetti and Meatballs is a classic Italian meal. ||
 * 22 || Poodles and Wolves are a type of dog. ||
 * 23 || Poodles will not eat the people in the house. ||
 * 24 || The Basic Needs are food, water, shelter, and right temperature. ||
 * 25 || An axe can chop trees into wood to make shelter to keep you out of the rain in the rainforest. ||
 * 26 || I prefer a sponge to clean with. ||
 * 27 || A sponge can be used in many places due to its smaller handy size to clean counters and floors than a mop with a long handle. ||
 * 28 || Straight pasta cooks slowly. ||
 * 29 || Parents needing a fast dinner for their children will cook Macaroni and Cheese. ||
 * 30 || Poodles Are tame. ||
 * 31 || Poodles eat dog food provided by people. ||
 * 32 || Wolves are carnivores. ||
 * 33 || Carnivores are meat eaters. ||
 * 34 || An axe is the best choice. ||
 * 35 || An axe is better for surviving in a rainforest. ||
 * 36 || The rainforest receives a lot of rain. ||
 * 37 || You need to meet your Basic Needs to survive. ||
 * 38 || A knife can be used to sharpen sticks to hunt for food in the rainforest. ||
 * 39 || Technical pencils are made of metal or plastic with leads and erasers that can be replaced. ||
 * 40 || A mop allows you to quickly clean large floors using the long pole handle that I think would be slower with a sponge. ||
 * 41 || Macaroni and Cheese uses elbow macaroni. ||
 * 42 || Cooked straight pasta is found in Spaghetti and Meatballs. ||
 * 43 || Wolves are wild. ||
 * 44 || Wild animals are difficult to train. ||
 * 45 || I like poodles. ||
 * 46 || An axe is a large tool with a long handle and a heavy and sharp edge. ||
 * 47 || Protection is a need for survival. ||
 * 48 || An axe can chop trees into wood to make a fire to keep warm in the rainforest. ||
 * 49 || Technical pencils are better to supply to students in a school. ||
 * 50 || The answer is Number 2 pencils. ||
 * 51 || The answer is Technical pencils. ||
 * 52 || Number 2 pencils need a sharpener if the lead tip breaks so is a bad choice for school. ||
 * 53 || I feel Technical pencils are better to save time since you do not need a sharpener if the lead breaks unlike a Number 2 pencil. ||
 * 54 || I prefer a mop to clean. ||
 * 55 || A sponge is a squishable, hand sized cleaning tool that can absorb water and dirt. ||
 * 56 || A mop has a long pole and rope fabric on the end to remove dirt from floors by sliding over it. ||
 * 57 || Cooked straight pasta is better than elbow pasta for lunch. ||
 * 58 || A knife is easy to carry in the rainforest. ||
 * 59 || Tame is defined as able to live and work with people. ||
 * 60 || Tame animals can be trained. ||
 * 61 || Wolves hunt for food. ||
 * 62 || I identify that a sponge is better at cleaning than a mop. ||
 * 63 || A house is a place people live inside as shelter. ||
 * 64 || Technical pencils require many parts to work and cost more than Number 2 pencils to make. ||
 * 65 || Poodles will be trained to not go the bathroom in the house. ||
 * 66 || Macaroni and Cheese is a popular meal for children. ||
 * 67 || I feel that the wolves might hunt and eat the people in a house. ||
 * 68 || Technical pencils have a click button to push more lead out to write on if the tip breaks. ||
 * 69 || A knife is the best answer. ||
 * 70 || A sponge is squeezed to remove dirty water from it. ||
 * 71 || Trained animals are taught to follow human directions. ||
 * 72 || An axe can chop wood to make a shelter to protect you from wild animals in the rainforest. ||
 * 71 || Trained animals are taught to follow human directions. ||
 * 72 || An axe can chop wood to make a shelter to protect you from wild animals in the rainforest. ||

Trained is defined as animals having learned behaviors to meet the needs of people. Wolf is a carnivore. Carnivores eat Meat. || Wolves are wild animals that are carnivores that could eat the people in the house. ||
 * Claim || A poodle will be a better house pet than a wolf. ||
 * Evidence || Wild is defined as animals having behaviors to meet their needs and not the needs of people.
 * Reasoning || Poodles can be trained to live in a house as a pet.

A knive has a sharp edge and a point. Basic Needs are food, water, shelter, and right temperature. Rainforest is very wet. Wild animals like the jaguar are in the Rainforest. Jaguars are carnivores. Carnivores are meet eaters. || An axe can chop wood to build spears to protect you from jaguars in the rainforest. ||
 * Claim || An axe is better for surviving in the rainforest than a knife. ||
 * Evidence || An axe has a long handle and a heavy blade for chopping.
 * Reasoning || An axe can chop wood to build a fire to stay warm and a cabin to protect you from the rain in the rainforest.

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