Build a Claim with Evidence and a Limit
Write a short explanation separating agreement from unanswered questions.
Supplied materials
- Original fictional garden records: A, caretaker note October 4: “I planted five blue-flowering seedlings in the east bed.” B, helper diary October 4: “I helped plant blue-flowering seedlings in the east bed.” C, poster dated October 3: “A fully blue garden soon!” These are the entire supplied records, not real historical artifacts.
Learn the idea
An evidence paragraph needs a claim, specific evidence, and reasoning connecting the two. Choose a claim narrow enough for your records. If two records both describe planting in the east bed, cite that shared detail. Do not quietly attach the count from just one record to both records.
A limit tells readers where support stops. A seedling planted today may not yet have flowers, and a poster’s promised future garden does not establish a completed result. You can write a useful paragraph about planting while noting that bloom dates, the whole garden’s color, and a second count remain unknown. Uncertainty is part of the explanation, not a reason to discard all evidence.
- Choose a claim both A and B support.
- Write one detail from A and one from B.
- Explain why those details support the claim.
- Add one sentence saying what these records cannot establish.
See the method in action
“The records support reported planting of blue-flowering seedlings in the east bed on October 4. A says the caretaker planted them; B says the helper assisted. Both describe that location and date. Only A gives five, and neither proves that every garden bed was blue or flowers had already opened.”
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See the answer and explanation
Blue-flowering seedlings were planted in the east bed on October 4.
Both mention the planting, place, and date. Only A gives a number; the poster describes a future promise.
Take it further
Changed B: “I helped plant yellow-flowering seedlings in the east bed.” Model reasoning: “The shared support narrows to planting seedlings in the east bed on October 4. Flower color now differs, so I report that difference and seek another record rather than blending blue and yellow into an invented agreed color.”
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