Prairie River Academy

English Language Arts

Grade 9Unit 1Lesson 5

Annotation and evidence

Build an Evidence-Based Claim

Today: Develop a precise interpretive claim supported by a purposeful annotation trail.

A

Begin

Warm-up

  1. 1.What pattern is established?

  2. 2.What exception matters?

B

Learn

Build an Evidence-Based Claim

A claim should emerge from patterns in the evidence, not precede reading as an unsupported opinion.

Review annotations, cluster related details, name the relationship among them, draft a qualified claim, and test it against contrary evidence.

Study the model

Pattern cluster → tension → qualified claim

C

Read

Original PRA passage

Every portrait in the hall faced the front door except one. The smallest figure looked toward a painted window where no landscape appeared.
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Build an Evidence-Based Claim

Grade 9Practice and apply
D

Practice

Read, think, and respond

  1. 1.Cluster details about conformity. ELA-9-01-05-Q1

  2. 2.Cluster details about exception. ELA-9-01-05-Q2

  3. 3.Offer a claim. ELA-9-01-05-Q3

  4. 4.What contrary reading should be tested? ELA-9-01-05-Q4

E

Apply

Use the lesson

Write a qualified claim, integrate one quotation, and explain its significance.

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