Scaffolded High School English Resources
If your students can write a claim and drop in evidence but completely freeze when it’s time to explain why it matters, you’re not alone.That middle piece—CER reasoning—is the hardest part of the CER framework to...
Read MoreIf you’ve ever read a student’s CER response and thought, This claim is fine, but… where is the proof?, you’re not alone. The evidence portion of CER writing is where many students—especially high schoolers—struggle the most....
Read MoreWhen I was in the classroom, even my senior students had a rough time starting argumentative paragraphs and putting together a cohesive argument. They’d start with vague opinions or jump right into supporting details. That is, until...
Read MoreIf you’ve ever felt like your students are tossing out opinions without backing them up—or writing essays that feel more like rambling journal entries—then it might be time to teach them the Claim, Evidence, Reasoning...
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