Tier-2 Set 9 Launch — Argument and Process Vocabulary

Children review yesterday's CREEL anchor and name each band using its formal term.

• Point to each band on MG-3
• Affirm correct band names
• Note these are exactly the Tier-2 Set 9 words

Today you meet 5 Tier-2 Set 9 words — argument and process words that name the moves you are already doing. CLAIM = the position you defend in your essay. REASON = why you believe your claim. EVIDENCE = the proof that the reason is true (a fact, quote, statistic, example). ELABORATE = the verb form of elaboration — to explain HOW evidence supports the reason. LINK = to tie a paragraph back to the thesis or forward to the next body paragraph. These words give you precise language for the moves you are already making in your CREEL paragraphs. Each word gets 3 encounters today: (1) we read it in context from Sofia Valdez or a Pinkney passage, (2) we define it, (3) you use it in a metacognitive sentence about your own work.

• Each word names a move you are doing. Use the word out loud — it sharpens the move.

  model 'My CLAIM is that our school should keep winter recess.' / 'My first REASON is that students focus better afterward.' / 'My EVIDENCE is the AAP study from 2018.' / 'I ELABORATE by explaining that cold fresh air increases oxygen.' / 'My LINK ties this paragraph back to my thesis.'

  prompt Teacher uses each word in a metacognitive sentence.

• What is the difference between a REASON and EVIDENCE?
• What does ELABORATE add that EVIDENCE doesn't?

M-4-F-VOC-04-A Chart

11x17 anchor showing all 15 Set 9 words (claim, reason, evidence, elaborate, link, persuade, convince, argue, counter, acknowledge, refute, justify, support, position, perspective) in a grid; today's 5 highlighted yellow. Each cell has photo + definition + example. Print-ready, dyslexic-friendly font.

• For each of the 5 words, write a metacognitive sentence about YOUR essay using the frame 'My ___ is ___.'

  scaffold Word cards at desk; metacognitive frame card
• Share one sentence per word with partner. Partner confirms the word fits the move described.

  scaffold Sentence frame: 'My ___ is ___ because ___.'

M-4-F-VOC-04-B Photograph

Grid of 5 classroom-context photos showing scenarios that match each word — a student stating a position (CLAIM), a student explaining why (REASON), a student citing a study printout (EVIDENCE), a student adding a connecting sentence on paper (ELABORATE), a student arrow-linking two paragraph boxes (LINK). Print-ready 8.5x11.

• Use all 5 Set-9 words (claim, reason, evidence, elaborate, link) in 1-3 sentences about your essay.
• Bring the next 10 Set-9 words from the cardholder.

• Star your strongest metacognitive sentence.
• Predict: lesson 10 brings the next 5 words.

• Use one Set-9 word in your dinner-table conversation tonight. Notice if the adult understands. Bring back the example.