| Persuasive Arguments and Claims8th Grade | 
			
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												Alabama Course of Study Standards:
											
											29 
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								| Read, analyze, and evaluate texts from science, social studies, and other academic disciplines to determine how those disciplines treat domain-specific vocabulary and content organization. | 
						
							
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												Arizona Academic Standards:
											
											8.RI.8 
										
											
												Common Core State Standards:
											
											Literacy.RI.8.8 
										
											
												Georgia Math and ELA Standards:
											
											ELAGSE8RI8 
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								| Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient; recognize when irrelevant evidence is introduced. | 
						
							
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												Tennessee Academic Standards:
											
											8.RI.IKI.8 
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								| Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether evidence is relevant and sufficient to support the claims and the reasoning is sound. | 
						
							
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												Arizona Academic Standards:
											
											8.RI.9 
										
											
												Common Core State Standards:
											
											Literacy.RI.8.9 
										
											
												Georgia Math and ELA Standards:
											
											ELAGSE8RI9 
										
											
												Tennessee Academic Standards:
											
											8.RI.IKI.9 
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								| Analyze a case in which two or more texts provide conflicting information on the same topic and identify where the texts disagree on matters of fact or interpretation. | 
						
							
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												New Jersey Student Learning Standards:
											
											RI.8.9 
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								| Analyze and reflect on (e.g. practical knowledge, historical/cultural context, and background
knowledge) two or more texts that provide conflicting information on the same topic and identify where the
texts disagree on matters of fact or interpretation. | 
						
							
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												Pennsylvania Core Standards:
											
											CC.1.2.8.H 
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								| Evaluate an author’s argument, reasoning, and specific claims for the soundness of the arguments and the relevance of the evidence.	 | 
						
							
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												Pennsylvania Core Standards:
											
											     E08.B-C.3.1.1 
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								| Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient; recognize when irrelevant evidence is introduced. | 
						
							
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												Arkansas Academic Standards:
											
											8.RC.15.RI 
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								| Evaluate the argument and supporting claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is logical, if the evidence is relevant and sufficient to support the claims, and when irrelevant evidence is introduced. | 
						
							
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												Arkansas Academic Standards:
											
											8.RC.16.RI 
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								| Analyze two or more texts that present conflicting information on the same topic, identifying where the texts diverge on matters of fact or interpretation. | 
						
							
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												Georgia Math and ELA Standards:
											
											8.T.C.2.b 
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								| Identify an author’s bias and determine how that bias impacts text credibility. (I) | 
						
							
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												Georgia Math and ELA Standards:
											
											8.T.T.3.a 
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								| Analyze the development of argumentative techniques used to present and design content, including an author’s claim, supporting relevant and logical evidence, an identified counterclaim, a rebuttal, and a conclusion that logically follows the argument. (I) | 
						
			
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