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?

EBC

Evidence-Based Claim

Parts of an EBC

(1)

CLAIMA conclusion or assertion

or thesis based on evidence

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

Parts of an EBC

(3)

BASIS: The REASONING

that links EVIDENCE & CLAIM

REASONING MARKERS:

• “BECAUSE”: cause & effect• “LIKE,” “UNLIKE,” “AS”:

compare/contrast; analogy• “KIND,” “MEMBER”: classification• “IF…SO,” “THEN”: inductive or

deductive inference

Be an EBC DetectiveWhat’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?