You may want to take a few notes today as we review

Claim, Evidence, and Warrant.

Must be an OPINION, not a FACT Must be SPECIFIC

Must be about the TEXT

This is specific textual evidence that supports or proves your opinion; you give the specific textual evidence to the reader. Don’t let the reader guess the information!

Quotes from the textMake sure to introduce each quote with “for example,” or

“the author states” or “In addition, the author mentions” or something like that. Don’t just plop evidence into the paragraph; make use of the transition words!

All evidence that you take from the article must be in quotation marks “”!

Use separate pieces of evidence for each claim.

Evidence:

Explain HOW the evidence supports your claim.Explain even things you think are obvious!Use transition words.The warrant is usually is at least 2 sentences in

length and maybe longer. It should be longer than the evidence you are explaining.

Warrant:

Introducing Evidence:For example, in the article…Author _________ states…(Author Name) writes…

Introducing your Warrant (Simple): This _____ shows (i.e. “This quote shows…”)This _____ proves/disproves (“this statistic proves…”)This _____ is important because

Introducing your Warrant (a bit fancier):This _____ clarifiesThis _____ suggestsThis _____ underminesThis _____ enhancesThis _____ argues that

Review

What is a CLAIM?

What is EVIDENCE?

What is a WARRANT?

CLAIM: A statement that coveys your interpretation/belief about something. This is a conclusion you have drawn from the facts presented. A claim can be argued.

EVIDENCE: Facts from the text (commercial, journal, book, prompt whatever!) used to support your claim. All good arguments must be supported by a strong foundation of facts. In other words, one fact is not enough!

WARRANT: Explain HOW and WHY this evidence supports your claim. It’s the “SO WHAT?”

Find a partner and see if you can solve these crimes!

When you think you have figured it out, please write a CEW paragraph explaining your solution.

Create and use your chart to help you!

“Thank heaven you saw me!” exclaimed Tom Bond as he feebly helped make fast his battered yawl to Dr. Haledjian’s chartered fishing boat.

Haledjian reached over the side and assisted the bedraggled yachtsman aboard.

Bond staggered into the shade of the cabin and sagged upon a berth. He removed his cap to wipe the perspiration from his brow, revealing a bald, freckled head.

“Drink this,” said Haledjian, holding out a cup of water.

Bond gulped it frantically, asked for a second, and when he had downed it, told of his ordeal.

“Ben Page and I were sailing when the storm hit us. The sails, rudder, and radio went in the first five minutes. We barely managed to keep afloat.

“We drifted five days, lost. Three days ago our fresh water supply gave out. Ben went crazy with the heat and thirst. He started to drink the ocean water. I tried to restrain him – I hit him. He – he struck his head against the starboard rail. He’s dead! It’s my fault!”

Haledjian climbed into Bond’s disheveled yacht. In the little cabin he found Ben Page laid out on his back, dead. The criminologist studied the bruise on Page’s jaw and the one at the base of his skull.

Back on the fishing boat, he warned Bond grimly, “You’re going to have to tell the police a better tale than the one you told me!”

Is Haledjian correct? Did Bond intentionally or accidentally kill Ben Page? Explain using CEW.

Claim:

Evidence Warrant

“Try the manual dial,” suggested Dr. Haledjian, after Captain Gordon of the Miami police had punched all the push buttons of the radio and had got only static.Immediately, music pored out noisily.“Do you always play the radio so loud?” snapped Gordon at the pale youth riding handcuffed in the rear seat of the car.“I play it any way I feel like. It’s my convertible,” retorted McGuire.Haledjian turned down the volume. For the rest of the drive to headquarters he thoughtfully reviewed the case.The Chicago National Bank had been held up four days ago, and more than half a million dollars was stolen. One of the holdup men, according to the Chicago Police Department’s informer, was Billy McGuire, a young ex-convict. The informer said McGuire had headed straight for Miami in a green convertible after the crime.That morning the convertible had been spotted in the driveway of a big-time Florida gambler. The gambler swore the youth had been living with him in Miami for two months, and therefore couldn’t have taken part in a Chicago robbery.A search of the gambler’s home disclosed McGuire’s summer clothing in the guest room, and throughout the house a typical amount of underworld luxury, including a connoisseur’s collection of popular records. But none of the stolen money.“You’re wastin’ your time, Gordon,” taunted McGuire. “Hey—tune up the radio. That’s the Dixie Bobcats. Ain’t they the greatest?”“Like popular music, do you?” inquired Haledjian.“I like a lot of things. Especially this Florida climate,” sneered McGuire.“Enjoy it while you can,” answered Haledjian.

Is McGuire guilty of robbing the Chicago National Bank? Explain using CEW.

Claim:

Evidence Warrant

Who Copied from Whom?

When Mr. Newman, the new fifth-grade teacher, picked up the papers that his students had piled on the corner of his desk as they finished their exams and left the room, he had no time to look at them. When he examined them later, he saw that these two were almost exactly alike, and it was obvious that one of them had been copied. Since Mr. Newman was new to the class (he was subbing for Mr. Ailing, who was sick), he did not know whether Charles Starrs, who wrote paper A, or Ulric Betcher, who wrote paper B, copied the test.

Can you tell who copied whom? Write your claim down on your chart. Then, list the items of evidence on which you base your decision. Finally, in the warrant column, explain how each piece of evidence supports your claim of who copied from whom.

Claim:

Evidence Warrant

Can you tell who copied whom?

Barbecue Murder

“Bill would have met your train himself, Dr. Haledjian,” said Nora Perkins. “But since I was in town, he asked me to pick you up. He wanted more time to prepare the barbecue.”

Bill Perkins, however, was past worrying about barbecues when Haledjian and his hostess arrived at the house half an hour later. Nora shrieked. Her husband lay on the lawn, a knife protruding from his chest.

A hasty examination indicated to Haledjian that the killing had occurred about an hour before. He studied the scene.

A half cooked steak lay above flameless coals banked in a stone barbecue pit. Upon an iron shelf were a tray of condiments and a long-handled knife and fork.

“Who are you?” demanded Haledjian as a young man burst through the woods.

“Ed Magden. My house is about a hundred yards back there. I heard a shriek—what’s happened? “Where were you an hour ago?” inquired Haledjian.

“Over at the boat yard. I’d just entered my driveway when I heard a shriek,” replied Magden. “Here—what’s this?”

Magden pointed to a metallic object partly buried under the coals. With a quick stride, he reached the pit, thrust in his hand, and pulled out a charred earring.

“Why, it’s mine,” gasped Nora. Suddenly her expression hardened. “Ed Magden, you hated Bill. What are you trying to do?”

“You hated him more than anyone,” snapped Ed Magden“You hated enough to kill,” Haledjian said to--

Who was Haledjian talking to? How did he know that person was guilty? Explain using CEW.

Claim:

Evidence Warrant