Vocab
Opinion: a belief, judgment, or way of thinking about something
Viewpoint: a way of looking at or thinking about something
Bias: letting the belief that some things are better than others influence actions.
Omission: something that has not been included
Counterclaim: an opposing claim
Anecdote: a short story about an interesting or funny event or occurrence
Types of Evidence
Claim Organizer.pdfThis organizer is to help you organize your claim and your reasons.
Click on the pop out button for a PDF copy.
Organize Your Thoughts
What's my claim?
Why do I believe this?
What's the evidence that supports these beliefs?
How do I find that evidence?
TRAC your sources!
CITE your sources!
22-23 TRAC Rubric SINGLE.pdf
SOURCES
Databases
Check out the Library Databases
Websites
You can use websites for this project. Make sure they are TRACworthy!
We recommend ProCon.org (but you still need to TRAC it!).
MEDIA BIAS CHARTS
MBC 2023.pdf