Identify a supporting statement’s type

Supplied materials

• Paper and pencil, or a browser text area. All named people/events/records are fictional learning inputs.
• Worked case: Aim: explain how a paper hinge bends. Transition: next. Support: bend angle measured 30 degrees. Graphic note: three models only.
• Primary check: Aim: urge readers to choose a paper hinge. Transition: however. Support: Jo says it felt easier to bend. Graphic note: observations from Monday only.

Learn the idea

Different support types answer different questions. A measurement reports an observation, testimony reports a person’s experience, a definition clarifies meaning and an assertion alone supplies no supporting detail.

Read what the statement actually provides. Do not turn one person’s report into a measurement of everyone.

Example to read or listen to: Aim: explain how a paper hinge bends. Transition: next. Support: bend angle measured 30 degrees. Graphic note: three models only. The answer is measured observation. The relevant input states: Support: bend angle measured 30 degrees. This fits measured observation. Different support types answer different questions. A measurement reports an observation, testimony reports a person’s experience, a definition clarifies meaning and an assertion alone supplies no supporting detail. Calling something proven is not evidence by itself.

1. Read or listen to the worked example. Say what the reading or writing task asks you to find. An adult can help with unfamiliar words.
2. Read what the statement actually provides. Do not turn one person’s report into a measurement of everyone.
3. Check the worked solution: measured observation. The relevant input states: Support: bend angle measured 30 degrees. This fits measured observation. Different support types answer different questions. A measurement reports an observation, testimony reports a person’s experience, a definition clarifies meaning and an assertion alone supplies no supporting detail. Calling something proven is not evidence by itself.
4. Try the question and the practice questions. Point to the words that helped you choose before checking the feedback.

Check your reasoning

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Take it further

Optional extra practice: Write an explanatory paragraph using this fictional record: three paper hinges, widths 2, 3 and 4 cm; each folded once on Monday. Include a process transition and measured detail. Then write a persuasive sentence separately and identify the small sample and date limit. Practice this lesson’s skill as you complete the task. Use this idea to check your work: Different support types answer different questions. A measurement reports an observation, testimony reports a person’s experience, a definition clarifies meaning and an assertion alone supplies no supporting detail.

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